Re: Slurs, phrasing slurs and fingering

[David Kastrup]

Noeck <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 03.12.2012 00:29, schrieb David Nalesnik:
>
>>> \acciaccatura { e-\! } d4 \shape PhrasingSlur #'((0 . 1) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 1.8)
>>> (0 . 0))
>>>
>> 
>> Nick has given you the new syntax (as of 2.17.4).
>> 
>> -David
>
> Why has that been inverted? To me, \shape PhrasingSlur #… is easier to
> read than \shape #… PhrasingSlur. Could someone briefly explain the
> reason for that?

The old syntax was

      \shape PhrasingSlur #'((0 . 1) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 0))
      cis8 \(

The new one supports either

      \shape #'((0 . 1) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 0))  PhrasingSlur
      cis8 \(

or

      cis8 -\shape #'((0 . 1) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 1.8) (0 . 0)) \(

This saves you from having to remember that \( is a PhrasingSlur, and it
makes it possible to change the shape of a double slur

      cis8 ^\( _\)

by shaping each of the constituting slurs independently with its own
call of \shape.

-- 
David Kastrup