[tablatures] Re: bends: pre-implementation issues

[Marc Hohl <marc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Han-Wen Nienhuys schrieb:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Marc Hohl <marc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Han-Wen Nienhuys schrieb:
> >     
> > > I am confused here.  Are you trying to implement the symbols that are
> > > on the tab staff, or on the normal notation?
> > >
> > >       
> > Both. But first, I want to concentrate on the pointed slurs in the normal
> > notation,
> > make that the default for normal staves *and* tablature and then (as
> >     
>
> I wouldnt bother with the slurs at all, not in the last part because
> your bends will likely break if someone ever decides to refactor the
> slur code.
>   
Ok.
> Just write a simple grob that is composed of two line segments to make
> the pointed bend.  Have you already thought of how the spanner should
> behave when it crosses a line break?  
@ David: Can you give us a small example of how a bend across a line
break would look like?

(I know that strings can break after excessive bends, but that's another 
issue :-)


> You'll probably need entirely different code for the tab version,
> including different grob code, and a different engraver.  I recommend
> worrying about that once the pointed-brace version is completely
> working.
>   
Yes, I didn't plan to do all at once, but I wanted to show where the 
road will
eventually lead to.

Thanks for your hints!

Marc