Maybe just dump the waste of time that was \override 'control-points
http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/diff/1/Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely File Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/diff/1/Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely#newcode3953 Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely:3953: values are then found by trial and error. .. and trial and error again if you change anything, or if the line-breaking changes, or if you need to switch between A4 and US letter paper ... http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/diff/1/Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely#newcode3977 Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely:3977: If cubic-shaped curve is required the control points must be set A curve shaped like a cube ? You mean S-shaped, or sigmoidal, or 'curve with inflection' or 'curve that changes the direction of its bend'? http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/diff/1/Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely#newcode3988 Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely:3988: { c4 e, f' d } A tiny bit ugly. \relative c'' { c8( e b-> f d' a e-> g) \shape Slur #'((0 . 0) (5.5 . 0) (-5.5 . -10) (0 . -6)) c8( e b-> f d' a e-> g) } Accents make the point that the newly-shaped Slur is integrated into the usual collision-avoidance (distinct from other hand-tweaks like rotation and extra-offset). http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/diff/1/Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely#newcode3996 Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely:3996: the ones calculated automatically, remembering that a translation of You can probably skip the "remembering that.." Discussions of Bezier curves always mention this, but it seems implicit in having the curves parametrized by "control points". http://codereview.appspot.com/6561064/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel