Re: string number problem

[Tom Cloyd]

Carl,

What a kind, instructive, helpful response! Thanks. Eager to try it - 
including following the path-to-the-answer you describe (so I can learn 
to help myself better).

Thanks for taking the time to spell it all out.

t.

Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> Tom Cloyd wrote:
>
> --------------------------
> OK - here's a minimal version of my problem -
>
> [running ver. 2.10.33]
>
> input:
> ====
> \relative c'{ <fis-1\4>8 [(g-2) a-4] <b-1\3> [c-2 d-4] <e-1\2> [fis-3 g-4] |
> }
>
> console output:
> ==========
> GNU LilyPond 2.10.33
> Processing `test.ly'
> Parsing...
> warning: Not in toplevel scope
> Interpreting music...
> test.ly:31:36: warning: Ignoring grob for slur. avoid-slur not set?
> \relative c'{ <fis-1
> \4>8 [(g-2) a-4] <b-1\3> [c-2 d-4] <e-1\2> [fis-3 g-4] | }
> [1]
>
> --------------------------
>
> The clue is in the warning message:   avoid-slur not set.
>
> The short answer -- add an override:
>
> \relative c'{
> \override StringNumber #'avoid-slur = #'around
> <fis-1\4>8 [( <g-2>) a-4]  <b-1\3> [c-2 d-4]  <e-1\2>
> [fis-3 g-4] | }
>
>
> The longer question:
>
> How do we find the override to add?  (The LilyPond Index doesn't have an
> entry for avoid-slur).
>
> The longer answer:
>
> A. Go to the docs (GDP preferably, since they're the most up-to-date) and
> find the section on String Numbers.
>
> B. Follow the Internals Reference link to StringNumber at the bottom of the
> page.
>
> C. Click on interfaces (at the bottom of the page) until I find one that has
> avoid-slur as a property.  It happens to be grob-interface.
>
> D.  Choose the best value for avoid-slur in this application.  In my
> opinion, for this usage, around is the proper value.
>
> E.  Go to the Learning Manual (part of the GDP docs, or 2.11 docs) to see
> the syntax, because I can never remember how to do it right.  Section 4.1.4
> is what I need to remind me.
>
> F.  Add the tweak to the input.  Try it, and -- it works!
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Carl
>
>
>   


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