Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MusFelix" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:21 PM
Subject: Slurs across system breaks are not good


> I see that there are some older messages complaining about the way 
> Lilypond
> handles slurs going across system breaks.  I thought I would add my voice,
> since this is a very common thing occurrence, and the fact that it is
> handled so poorly while other less common issues are handled well is 
> rather
> shabby.
>
> My main complaints are two:
>
> 1.  The slur BEFORE the break should not have such a steep slope.  If a 
> the
> slur goes from a C to the same C , the slur should be horizontal.  And if
> the slur goes to a higher or lower note, the slope should _slightly_
> indicate this.  As of right now, it droops down in a meaningless fashion.
>
> 2.  The slur AFTER the break should not begin after the clef but after the
> key signature (if there is one).  It too should only slightly indicate the
> direction (no weird sloping), and be more or less horizontal.
>
> Does this not bother anyone else?  Can't this be fixed?

A number of issues have been raised with respect to slurs - you can see them 
yourself if you follow this link:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=2&q=slur

If you think the issue you find problematic is not there, please feel free 
to create a tiny example that demonstrates it and submit it to the bugs 
list.  Further guidance is here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/web/bug-reports.html

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Phil Holmes