Re: Graphic lines create

[Ben]

On 11/5/2019 12:08 PM, Reggie wrote:

> Karl Hammar wrote
> > Reggie:
> > ...
> > > Andrew thank you for the vibrato but you say it's able to create close to
> > > my
> > > image? How would I learn which code to change for that to happen? I
> > > probably
> > > need to draw curves free as I move forward but I need SVG output so I
> > > guess
> > > I'm out off luck. In Sibelius it's quite easy to draw lines and curves
> > > with
> > > ease but not LilyPond? How would you attempt this type of graphic with
> > > SVG
> > > possible? Do I need to use a graphic  program and create image and then
> > > insert into measures on top of staff? Trial and error would take so long
> > > though back and forth :( 
> > >         
> > To just do something curvy, do something like:
> >
> > zz = \markup\postscript "0 1 360 5 mul { cos 0.01 mul 0.002 add .01 exch
> > rlineto } for stroke"
> >
> > \relative c'' {
> >   c4^\zz c c c |
> >   c c c c |
> > }
> >
> > there is also a \markup\path command that possible could be useful 
> > since you want svg output.
> >
> > Regards,
> > /Karl Hammar
> >
> >
> >
> > a.pdf (51K)
> > <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/attachment/225060/0/a.pdf>
> >       
> Karl this looks outstanding but I don't understand how the code works. Is
> there a manual page for curves postscript code? Can you tell how you arrived
> at the code? I'm totally unable to see anything. 
>
> 0 1 360 5 mul { cos 0.01 mul 0.002 add .01 exch rlineto }
>
>
>
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This page is very helpful, although it can be overwhelming if you're brand new to this sort of thing.

http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/postscript/