l.v. tie missing

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> Especially in French piano music (Debussy, Preludes), a small tie is
> used which is bound only to the left, normally followed by a rest:
> 
>       __
>      /  \
>     o
>     |
> 
> There are two variants of this symbol:
> 
>   . The tie `connects' to the following rest -- I suggest to allow
>     e.g. `c4 ~ r4' in lilypond to get this effect, making input of
>     such l.v. ties easier.
> 
>   . The tie is very short and doesn't stretch or shrink.  IMHO the
>     right solution is to add up-tie and down-tie variants of different
>     length to the feta font.

why different lengths ?

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