Re: Contolling Hairpin spans again

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Peter,

> I may have jumped the gun a bit (again). It doesn't matter that Midi output 
> is changed (for debugging) so long as the bar lengths
> are unchanged. 

Which, as you've noted, they are.

> I haven't seen the e2*1/2 syntax before. Does that "mean" engrave a minim but 
> reduce its value in the bar count to that of a
> crotchet. The Midi engine would creat a bar with an extra crotchet of silence?

Precisely. The MIDI note duration, in this case, would match the hairpin 
duration (i.e., one crotchet) and then there would be MIDI silence for the 
second crotchet; the visuals, however, would remain as desired (a minim).

> Thanks again your suggestions were very clear and succinct

My pleasure!
Kieren.