Re: Beam settings

[Mats Bengtsson]

> I have a problem with beams in Lilypond 1.5.59.  Consider this file:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> \score {
>     \notes \relative g'' {
>         \time 6/8
> 
>         g8 g, g' a a, a' | b b, b' c c, c'
>     }
> }
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Lilypond 1.5.60 creates a good-looking score, but Lilypond 1.5.59 (which
> is installed on my home computer) does not draw very well the first two
> beams [g8 g, g'] and [a a, a']. 

I guess this was one of the bugs that was solved in 1.5.60.

> I tried to change `staff-position' in
> Voice.Beam:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> \property Voice.Beam \set #'staff-position = #-10
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> But this line has no effect!  I can put -2, -4, -10 or whatever else, and
> the beams are still the same.  Am I using the wrong property?  In fact, I
> looked on a old Lilypond 1.4.7 manual, since I am not able to compile the
> 1.5.x documentation.

I mostly use the on-line documentation for the latest 1.5.xx at
http://lilypond.org/development/
If you click on Documentation: Other..., you can find both
.ps.gz and .pdf versions of the manual, in addition to the 
html.

   /Mats