On 4/17/09 1:58 PM, "Neil Puttock" <n.putt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/4/17 Carl D. Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu>:
>
>> Does anybody *want* constant-thickness slurs or ties? I thought that
>> variable thickness was clearly better. I think that keeping inferior output
>> to avoid conversion problems is not a good decision. I'd rather force the
>> user to make a simple manual change and get the benefit of the improved
>> layout. It better presents the quality of LilyPond. If we allow inferior
>> layout to hang around, it will be something that people can use to impugn
>> LilyPond.
>
> I prefer variable thickness myself (so long as I remember to avoid
> evince ;), but there's bound to be some user down the line who'll want
> the option of constant thickness only to be told it's impossible.
Ahh -- but it's not impossible. There is a slur offset parameter that can
be changed (I don't think it's a user parameter yet, and I don't think I
want to make it one right now. If it gets asked for we can fix it then.
Carl
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