Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2017-01-07 Thread David Nalesnik
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:28 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi Kieren, > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: >> Hi David, >> >>> Further down in that thread is an implementation of shorten-pair with >>> hairpins: >>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-06/

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-20 Thread David Sumbler
On Fri, 2016-10-14 at 12:07 +0200, Thomas Morley wrote: > Hi David: > > 2016-10-11 15:51 GMT+02:00 David Sumbler : > > > > The reasons for the long gap were (a) moving house in February and, > > more importantly (b) feeling very discouraged by the apparent > > unpredictability of hairpin lengths

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-14 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi David: 2016-10-11 15:51 GMT+02:00 David Sumbler : > The reasons for the long gap were (a) moving house in February and, > more importantly (b) feeling very discouraged by the apparent > unpredictability of hairpin lengths in Lilypond, despite all Harm's > valiant efforts. sorry for not being m

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-14 Thread David Sumbler
On Thu, 2016-10-13 at 23:54 +0200, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 13.10.2016 14:41, David Sumbler wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2016-10-12 at 14:10 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > > > > > > But I realise that often what I need in order to get > > > > satisfactory > > > > h

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 13.10.2016 14:41, David Sumbler wrote: On Wed, 2016-10-12 at 14:10 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi David, But I realise that often what I need in order to get satisfactory hairpins is more space between the note heads, and simply moving the ends of the hairpin does not reposition the rele

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-13 Thread David Sumbler
On Wed, 2016-10-12 at 14:10 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi David, > > > > > But I realise that often what I need in order to get satisfactory > > hairpins is more space between the note heads, and simply moving > > the > > ends of the hairpin does not reposition the relevant notes. > Have yo

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > But I realise that often what I need in order to get satisfactory > hairpins is more space between the note heads, and simply moving the > ends of the hairpin does not reposition the relevant notes. Have you tried adjusting the minimum-length? %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.18.2" \l

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-12 Thread David Sumbler
Thanks for this and other replies to my original query.  The routine works well. It does what it says on the can - moving the ends of the hairpin - and that will be very useful. But I realise that often what I need in order to get satisfactory hairpins is more space between the note heads, and si

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Kieren, On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi David, > >> Further down in that thread is an implementation of shorten-pair with >> hairpins: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-06/msg00277.html > > The $1,000,000 Question: Why isn’t this in the dist

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > Further down in that thread is an implementation of shorten-pair with > hairpins: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-06/msg00277.html The $1,000,000 Question: Why isn’t this in the distro? =) Thanks for this! Kieren. Kieren MacM

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:07 AM, tisimst wrote: > David, > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Kieren MacMillan [via Lilypond] <[hidden > email]> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> > Just so that I have as many weapons as possible at my disposal, are >> > there any other parameters which might dire

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread tisimst
n I cooked up with more granular control of both ends of the hairpin: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-06/ msg00176.html It's not perfect, but might do the job for you. HTH, Abraham -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Controlling-hair

Re: Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > Just so that I have as many weapons as possible at my disposal, are > there any other parameters which might directly affect the horizontal > position of the left-hand end and/or the right-hand end or a hairpin, > or its length? \after Hairpin.bound-padding Hairpin.X-offset Hairpin.ex

Controlling hairpin length - revisited!

2016-10-11 Thread David Sumbler
After a 9 month gap, I have finally come back to Lilypond and will attempt to finish tweaking my string quartet score and parts.  I have installed v2.19.48, and I have run 'convert-ly' on my files. The reasons for the long gap were (a) moving house in February and, more importantly (b) feeling ver