2012/10/26 David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com>: > David, > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:42 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> However, there are often questions that can't be answered in any way >>> but to delve into Scheme. As recently, for example, when a question >>> was posed about using \draw-line to make a dashed line instead of a >>> solid one. AFAIK, there's no simple way to do it which you can look >>> up in one of the manuals. The only way to answer the poster's >>> question was to rewrite Lily's Scheme code for \draw-line into Scheme >>> code for a new command \draw-dashed-line, which Harm and I did. Maybe >>> someday Lily will be enhanced so that no one need "see the gears," but >>> in the meantime, that's the stopgap solution these questions will >>> receive. (Unless they are to remain unanswered, that is.) >> >> Of course, there is a danger that solutions like that are floated on the >> lists and don't actually make it into LilyPond as readily available >> functionality. >> > > Certainly. It happens that a number of these solutions are "one-offs" > for unusual requests, but sometimes there's a general utility. If the > answer is on the lists, it's easy just to refer the poster to that > thread. Eventually, of course, solutions like these are lost for > good.
Hi David (N), I think the draw-dashed-line-command is worth putting into the source. If you agree, I will turn it into a patch the next days. > (For example, there's an email from Mike Solomon I distantly > remember detailing how something might be centered between staves; I'd > like to read it again, but I can't find it in the archives any more.) Do you think of: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Best-way-to-put-a-system-brace-between-2-staves-td56705.html#a56707 ? Regards, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user