discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Due to this marvellous video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345o3Wu95Qo I have learned that short slurs and ties aren't engraved manually; instead, there are ready-to-use stamps. In other words, since the number of such stamps is limited, tie and slur shapes become discrete if their length

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: Due to this marvellous video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345o3Wu95Qo I have learned that short slurs and ties aren't engraved manually; instead, there are ready-to-use stamps.  In other words, since the number of such

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
People can argue that this is an unnecessary limitation; lilypond can do a `better' job. However, I'm not sure whether we should do better... We should, definitely! There are bad tie and slur shapes in Lily, but this is not due to not having discrete lengths. Umm, yes. I've meant:

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org writes: People can argue that this is an unnecessary limitation; lilypond can do a `better' job. However, I'm not sure whether we should do better... We should, definitely! There are bad tie and slur shapes in Lily, but this is not due to not having discrete

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: We should, definitely! There are bad tie and slur shapes in Lily, but this is not due to not having discrete lengths. Umm, yes. I've meant: Should lilypond do a `better' job than the engravers working with those stamps?

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Frankly, I don't see the point in simulating well-craftedness by artificially introducing minor deficiencies associated with some of the better work. @Werner: i could live with an *option* doing this, but i doubt that people are interested in writing it. And i think we have much, much,

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org writes: Frankly, I don't see the point in simulating well-craftedness by artificially introducing minor deficiencies associated with some of the better work. @Werner: i could live with an *option* doing this, but i doubt that people are interested in writing it.

Re: discrete slurs and ties

2012-05-23 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: Frankly, I don't see the point in simulating well-craftedness by artificially introducing minor deficiencies associated with some of the better work. @Werner: i could live with an *option* doing this, but i doubt that