[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [ Mac OS X 10.3.3 via Fink; Lilypond 2.1.35-1 ]
>
> Hello!
>
> Just wondering about Beam damping. The default setting allows beams
> that are *far* too steep for my tastes:
>
>
> [I don't have a copy of Ross or any comparable text -- would they would
> approve of a slope of 3.5 over 10?]
>
> Unfortunately, I don't seem to have very fine control over the angle --
> I can only get undamped or horizontal! =\
>
> The code I am trying is:
> \override Staff.Beam #'damping = #2
>
> The docs have this to say:
> > damping (integer):
> > 1
> > Amount of beam slope damping. 0: no, 1: yes, 100000: horizontal beams.
>
> Does that mean that 2 will give a different result (i.e., more damping)
> than 200?
> What's the algorithm?
Basically,
slope := 0.6 * tanh (slope) / damping;
but it is possible that the beam-quanting will obscure the result of
the damping. Nevertheless, it seems to do something over here.
--
Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
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