2015-11-17 1:40 GMT+01:00 Andrew Bernard <[email protected]>: > Hi Ryan, > > I feared as much. I assume you are talking about the curve in the extract > from your sample, attached for reference. > > Lilypond slurs are Bezier curves that have two control points. That means > you can’t create arbitrary wavy curves like that with that object – you need > a large number of control points for that. (As an aside, if you do want to > shape slurs there is an even nicer function that \shape called \shapeII in > the openlilylib library.) > > So what are the alternatives? Take a look at the NR section on graphics in > markup. > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/graphic > > You could use the path command, which will allow an arbitrarily long list of > curveto commands – consequently as many control points as you want. Since > lilypond is not a graphical drawing tool, this approach, for the curves you > show, would take a very large amount of effort, compiling and adjusting. > > You can also use Postscript directly in markup, and you could write > Postscript path commands. This has similar drawbacks to the above, but you > can use Ghostscript as a development environment to see the curve. Again, > painstakingly difficult. Also, if you incorporate Postscript into your > lilypond file, it will not come out if you need to render the output in SVG. > > The least nice way is to export to SVG and then create your curve in the > document in Inkscape, or other SVG editor. This is a last resort, because > once you go out to Inkscape you can’t come back again into lilypond. > > Lilypond graphics markup allows the inclusion of EPS (encapsulated > Postscript). So you could draw the curve in Adobe Illustrator, export as > EPS, and include as an EPS file in lilypond. > > I engrave vastly complex New Complexity School scores by a composer > colleague of mine. The modernist notation challenges lilypond at every turn > and every measure, so I am used to these issues! In the end, often, I feel > defeated by the composer who has nothing more than an HB pencil! > > Andrew > > > > On 17/11/2015, 08:37, "Ryan Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The curves, say, on the second treble staff, in the image. > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
There's https://codereview.appspot.com/270640043/ Once it's finished it may help for tasks like this. `make-bow-stencil' allows for some nice features. Just have to find the time to finish it... Cheers, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
