Line hops

[Zachary Braverman]

Thanks a lot. This sounds like it will work. Should have thought to  
check the Properties.

I've been working around it by placing the staff lines on a different  
layer so they don't interact at all, but I would rather do it the way  
you suggest.

Best,
Zachary

On Nov 27, 2007, at 11:37 PM, John Gersh wrote:

> It sounds like you're being bitten by the default connections  
> settings for
> lines, which have them connecting to each other. That will cause  
> the "stops
> dead" behavior that you describe when you try to change the  
> direction of the
> melody line (by clicking) when it hits a staff line.
>
> To fix: Open the Properties:Connections inspector. Option-click on  
> the line
> tool in the tool palette. (This allows you to inspect the tool and  
> set its
> defaults.) Uncheck the two "allow connections..." checkboxes.
>
> You should now be able to make your staff and then draw a  
> continuous line
> for the melody without it stopping when you click on the staff lines.
>
> You can make the hop selection for either the staff or melody  
> lines. The hop
> method pull-down in the Stroke inspector has two sections, "Hop  
> over lines
> beneath" and "Hop under lines above." Since the staff is presumably  
> under
> the melody line, you could set the hop-under method for the staff  
> or the
> hop-over property for the melody line.
>
> - John Gersh
>
>
> On 11/27/07 5:56 AM, "Zachary Braverman" <zachary at kotodama.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a relatively beginning user, so I'm sorry if this question is
>> overly basic.
>>
>> Here is what I'm trying to accomplish:
>> I have the five parallel lines of a musical staff. What I want to do
>> with OG is not put individual notes on these lines, but have a melody
>> be represented by a continuous line that travels up and down the
>> staff as it precedes from left to right. I know how to create the
>> line I need with the line tool, but the lines of the staff keep
>> getting in the way. I basically want the continuous melody line to be
>> able to either ignore lines of the staff or touch on them and then
>> change directions up or down. Is that at all clear?
>>
>> I know that the "line hop" function should be able to accomplish
>> this, but I haven't been able to make anything happen at all with it.
>> First of all, do I make a line hop selection for the continuous
>> melody line, or for the lines of the staff? I've tried both ad
>> nauseum but have not been able to change behavior, which is that when
>> my melody line crosses the first line of the staff it stops dead.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Zachary Braverman
>>
>> ====================
>> Zachary Braverman
>> Kyoto, Japan
>> www.kotodama.net
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