Re: grace/appoggiatura slur problem

[Erik Sandberg]

The bug is fixed now, thanks!

On Friday 13 May 2005 02.20, Erik Sandberg wrote:
> I would consider this a release-critical bug; in some situations it looks
> very strange. I have lost cvs write access, so it isn't added to cvs. Here
> it is:
>
> %critical
> %David Bobroff
>
> \version "2.5.24"
>
> \header {
>  texidoc = "Appoggiatura slurs are ugly sometimes when changing stem
> directions."
>  reportedin = "2.5.24"
> }
>
> \relative {
>  \stemUp \appoggiatura {f16-[ g a-]} \stemDown a4
>  \stemUp \appoggiatura {f16-[ g a-]} \stemDown  b4
>  \stemUp \appoggiatura {f16-[ g a-]} \stemDown c4
>  \stemUp \appoggiatura {f,16-[ g a-]} \stemDown d4
>  \stemUp \appoggiatura {f,16-[ g a-]} \stemDown e4
> }
>
> On Wednesday 11 May 2005 23.06, David Bobroff wrote:
> > This may not be considered a bug, but it produces non-optimal output:
> >
> > \version "2.5.24"
> >
> > \score {
> >   \relative c {
> >     \clef F
> >     r4 \appoggiatura {a16-[ b c-]} d4 d,8 r \grace {a'16-[-( b c-]} d4-)
> >     d,8 r \grace {a'16-[-( b c-]-)} d4 d,8 r r4
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > The \appoggiatura creates a slur but it is attached to the head of the
> > first appoggiatura note and the stem of the main note.  The slur slopes
> > down while the notes go up.  If I try to work around it by using \grace
> > and putting in the slurs "by hand" I still get the same output.  If I
> > include only the grace notes in the slur it looks ok, but isn't exactly
> > what I wanted.  I would like the slur to be attached to the head of the
> > first grace note and the head of the main note.  I can use \slurUp and
> > it puts the slur on top and it's better than having it go the opposite
> > direction that the notes are going, but it looks a bit odd to me (maybe
> > because the score I'm working from has the slurs down in these cases).
> >
> > Can \appoggiatura be made smart enough to always slope in the same
> > direction as the notes?

-- 
Erik Sandberg
Maintainer of the Lilypond bug CVS archive,
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