Re: autoBeamOff bug

[Erlend Aasland]

On Apr 3, 2005 6:55 PM, Russ Ross <address@hidden> wrote:
> Also, what do you think of adding syntax like what I've described to
> better support vocal music?  "a8[[ b c]] d" is much more pleasant than
> "\autoBeamOn a8\melisma c b\melismaEnd \autoBeamOff d", and it is

Did you read the manual (page 13, 83 and 84)? [ and ] sets manual beams:
\autoBeamOff a8 c b c a[ b c] d

Erlend

> pretty common in vocal music.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Russ
> 
> 
> On Mar 30, 2005 10:25 PM, Russ Ross <address@hidden> wrote:
> > There seems to be a bug in \autoBeamOff.  If it is issued in the
> > middle of a sequence of notes that would be beamed together, it
> > doesn't take effect until after the end of that group.  It seems that
> > the correct behavior should be to stop automatic beaming at the point
> > where the command is issued.  It poses a particular problem for me
> > with some (partially) generated input.
> >
> > Here's an example showing the problem:
> >
> > \version "2.5.15"
> > \score {
> >   \relative c' {
> >     \autoBeamOn d'8 cis d b cis b cis ais |
> >     b ais b d~ d \autoBeamOff cis d b |
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > The final "d cis d b" sequence is beamed in the current code, but it
> > shouldn't be.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Russ
> >
> 
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