LilyPond Internals Reference: 3.2.56 line-interface

### 3.2.56 line-interface

Generic line objects. Any object using lines supports this. The property `style` can be `line`, `dashed-line`, `trill`, `dotted-line`, `zigzag` or `none` (a transparent line).

For `dashed-line`, the length of the dashes is tuned with `dash-fraction`. If the latter is set to 0, a dotted line is produced.

#### User settable properties:

> `arrow-length` (number)

>   Arrow length.

> `arrow-width` (number)

>   Arrow width.

> `dash-fraction` (number)

>   Size of the dashes, relative to `dash-period`. Should be between `0.0` (no line) and `1.0` (continuous line).

> `dash-period` (number)

>   The length of one dash together with whitespace. If negative, no line is drawn at all.

> `style` (symbol)

>   This setting determines in what style a grob is typeset. Valid choices depend on the `stencil` callback reading this property.

> `thickness` (number)

>   Line thickness, generally measured in `line-thickness`.

> `zigzag-length` (dimension, in staff space)

>   The length of the lines of a zigzag, relative to `zigzag-width`. A value of `1` gives 60-degree zigzags.

> `zigzag-width` (dimension, in staff space)

>   The width of one zigzag squiggle. This number is adjusted slightly so that the glissando line can be constructed from a whole number of squiggles.

This grob interface is used in the following graphical object(s): DynamicTextSpanner, Episema, Glissando, Hairpin, HorizontalBracket, LigatureBracket, OttavaBracket, PianoPedalBracket, TextSpanner, TrillSpanner, TupletBracket, VoiceFollower and VoltaBracket.

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