Hi,
> Here's a cleaner, jazzier version; and it only took me four months.
>
Sorry I missed this thread...
I've used dotted lines between notes for some scores.
For rhytmically unison notes I use GridLines. In the score I set
gridInterval = #(ly:make-moment 1 16)
and I make the it the default behaviour for the GridLine to be
transparent. Then, each time I want a GridLine I do:
\override Score.GridLine #'transparent = ##f
Now, for adjacent notes that are not rhythmically unison, or if I want a
vertical line between only two out of three or more staves, I use 'empty'
TextSpanners with the #'rotation property. It's tricky and requires a
lot of tweaking but here's an example (adding only one line to the
example suplied by fairchild):
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.10.17"
ViolinI = \new Staff {
\relative c' {
\override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #'("" . "")
\override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #0.2
\override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #1
\override TextSpanner #'thickness = #1
\override TextSpanner #'Y-offset = #-4
\override TextSpanner #'rotation = #'(-64 -1 0)
\override TextSpanner #'extra-offset = #'(0.6 . -0.5)
g a\startTextSpan
d, e\stopTextSpan
f g
a b
c d
e } }
ViolinII = \new Staff {
\relative c' { e f g a } }
Viola = \new Staff {
\clef alto \relative c' { e f g a b d, e f g a b c d } }
\score { << \ViolinI \ViolinII \Viola >> }
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
I started out using the postscript version, but somehow I feel the
Textspanner is easier.
At one point I asked the list about how to make GridLines dashed or
dotted for this matter:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-08/msg00503.html
but, despite my efforts I haven't succeeded. The work-around is to make
it of a lighter shade of grey and as thin as possible. In a B&W print
out the GridLines are as good as dotted.
\override Score.GridLine #'thickness = #0.1
\override Score.GridLine #'color = #grey
If someone knows how to make them dotted (for real) please let me know!
/Henrik Frisk
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