+ "A tie - a horizontal curve connecting two noteheads.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "The following properties may be set in the @code{details}"
+ " list.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "@table @code\n"
+ "@item height-limit\n"
+ "The maximum height allowed for this tie.\n"
+ "@item ratio\n"
+ "Parameter for tie shape. The higher this number, the"
+ " quicker the slur attains its height-limit.\n"
+ "@item between-length-limit\n"
+ "This detail is currently unused.\n"
+ "@item wrong-direction-offset-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit for ties that are offset in the wrong"
+ " direction.\n"
+ "@item min-length\n"
+ "If the tie is shorter than this amount (in"
+ " staff-spaces) an increasingly large length penalty is"
+ " incurred.\n"
+ "@item min-length-penalty-factor\n"
+ "Demerit factor for tie lengths shorter than"
+ " @code{min-length}.\n"
+ "@item center-staff-line-clearance\n"
+ "If the center of the tie is closer to a staff line"
+ " than this amount, an increasingly large staff line"
+ " collision penalty is incurred.\n"
+ "@item tip-staff-line-clearance\n"
+ "If the tips of the tie are closer to a staff line"
+ " than this amount, an increasingly large staff line"
+ " collision penalty is incurred.\n"
+ "@item staff-line-collision-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties whose tips or center come"
+ " close to staff lines.\n"
+ "@item dot-collision-clearance\n"
+ "If the tie comes closer to a dot than this amount, an"
+ " increasingly large dot collision penalty is incurred.\n"
+ "@item dot-collision-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties which come close to dots.\n"
+ "@item note-head-gap\n"
+ "The distance (in staff-spaces) by which the ends of"
+ " the tie are offset horizontally from the center"
+ " line through the note head.\n"
+ "@item stem-gap\n"
+ "The distance (in staff-spaces) by which the ends of"
+ " the tie are offset horizontally from a stem which"
+ " is on the same side of the note head as the tie.\n"
+ "@item tie-column-monotonicity-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit if the y-position of this tie in the set of"
+ " ties being considered is less than the y-position"
+ " of the previous tie.\n"
+ "@item tie-tie-collision-distance\n"
+ "If this tie is closer than this amount to the previous"
+ " tie in the set being considered, an increasingly"
+ " large tie-tie collision penalty is incurred.\n"
+ "@item tie-tie-collision-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit factor for a tie in the set being considered"
+ " which is close to the previous one.\n"
+ "@item horizontal-distance-penalty-factor\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties in the set being considered"
+ " which are horizontally distant from the note heads.\n"
+ "@item vertical-distance-penalty-factor\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties in the set being considered"
+ " which are vertically distant from the note heads.\n"
+ "@item same-dir-as-stem-penalty\n"
+ "Demerit if tie is on the same side as a stem or on the"
+ " opposite side to the one specified.\n"
+ "@item intra-space-threshold\n"
+ "If the tie's height (in half staff-spaces) is less than"
+ " this it is positioned between two adjacent staff"
+ " lines; otherwise it is positioned to straddle a staff"
+ " line further from the note heads.\n"
+ "@item outer-tie-length-symmetry-penalty-factor\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties horizontally positioned"
+ " unsymmetrically with respect to the two note heads.\n"
+ "@item outer-tie-vertical-distance-symmetry-penalty-factor\n"
+ "Demerit factor for ties vertically positioned"
+ " unsymmetrically with respect to the two note heads.\n"
+ "@item outer-tie-vertical-gap\n"
+ "Amount (in half staff-spaces) by which a tie is moved"
+ " away from the note heads if it is closer to either"
+ " of them than 0.25 half staff-spaces.\n"
+ "@item skyline-padding\n"
+ "Padding of the skylines around note heads in chords.\n"
+ "@item single-tie-region-size\n"
+ "The number of candidate ties to generate when only a"
+ " single tie is required. Successive candidates differ"
+ " in their initial vertical position by half a"
+ " staff-space.\n"
+ "@item multi-tie-region-size\n"
+ "The number of variations that are tried for the"
+ " extremal ties in a chord. Variations differ in their"
+ " initial vertical position by half a staff-space.\n"
+
+ "@end table\n",