On 4 May 2006 at 9:19, Christopher Smith wrote:

> On May 4, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Scot Hanna-Weir wrote:
> >
> > What we really want is easy dashing of hairpins and ties. (I know
> > about making a smart shape and setting a slur instead of a tie, but
> > I wish it were easier).
> 
> I understand about the dashed hairpins (two dashed Smart Lines would
> be an enormous pain to align, especially if there were a whole bunch
> of them) but once again, I'm having trouble getting my brain around
> dashed ties. What would be easier than entering a dashed slur? How
> would you like that implemented that would be easier?

Because slurs and ties don't have the same shape.

Have you ever tried making a slur the same shape as a tie? It's just 
not that easy.

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David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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