Thank you, Trevor and Mats. Overriding the positions property did the trick!
David On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Trevor Daniels <t.dani...@treda.co.uk>wrote: > > David Nalesnik wrote Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:16 PM > >> >> I've found information on how to alter the second half of slurs which span >> a >> line-break, but I can't find anything about adjusting the first half while >> keeping the cloned half at the default. >> >> I've constructed a simple example showing what happens when I break a >> certain slur. In the second version, I'd like the first half of the slur >> to >> begin above the stem (as it does in the unbroken example) >> while keeping the second half of the slur exactly as it is. Is there a >> way >> to do this by adjusting the workaround from the "Difficult Tweaks" section >> of the NR? >> I would appreciate any help you could give me with this! >> > > It's easier than you think! The first half > of the broken slur is just the original slur. > So the following override inserted just before > the note on which the slur starts will lift > the start of the first part a bit: > > \once\override Slur #'positions = #'( 4 . 0 ) > > (Note that the slur positions are not continuously > variable - changing them seems to cause discontinuous > jumps in position sometimes. I don't know why.) > > This is not too bad, but if you want something > more precise you'll need to tweak the control > points of the slur. > > Trevor > >
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