Often portamento means what Frederik showed in his example codes in the thread “Simple glissando using \detune” in New SuperCollider Mailing Lists Forums (Use These!!!). Is the following example could be what you tried to achieve in your first post (I think the starting pitch and the ending pitch should have more time to be heard ... More @Wikipedia
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