Re: dashed ties and line breaks

[David Kastrup]

David Nalesnik <address@hidden> writes:

> I show both versions below.  (Note that running convert-ly on an older
> file will update the syntax automatically.)
>
> \version "2.16.0"
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ((0 1 1 1)) )
> % or \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ()
> % or  \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) )
>  )
>   c1~
>   \break
>   c
> }
>
> \version "2.17.6"
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \once \alterBroken #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ((0 1 1 1)) ) Tie
>   c1~
>   \break
>   c
> }

Or, of course, the version as a tweak, not requiring you to specify "Tie":

\version "2.17.6"

\relative c'' {
  c1-\alterBroken dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ((0 1 1 1)) )
     ~
  c1~
  \break
  c
}

It will still be a bit of work before the - before \alterBroken becomes
optional.

-- 
David Kastrup