Re: feature request - unmetered music

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/1/23 address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> Hey Janek,
>
> The problem here is that there is no consensus as to where breaks should 
> happen.
>
> If I have an unmetered lick
> a4 a8 a a16 a
> a4 a8 a a a16 a a a
> a4 a8 a a16 a a a a a a
> a4 a8 a a aa16 a
>
> etc. (I expand the 8th and 16th note regions at will).  Would it be ok to 
> break this line between 2 16th notes or 8th notes?  Maybe, maybe not - my 
> point is that there is an ill defined notion of how/where breaking is 
> appropriate in these contexts.
>
> \bar "" tells lilypond "this is a permissible spot to break."  What it sounds 
> like you want is a \bar "" after every note.  If this is the case, just do 
> \dispalyMusic { a'4 \bar "" b'4 }, see how this bar is represented in the 
> music stream, and create a music function that automatically inserts bars 
> after every note/rest.
>
> Is that what you're looking for more or less?

Quite what i was thinking about at the moment.
Yeah, i didn't realize that there is a problem "where line breaks
should be forbidden"...
Still i'm concerned about "end users". I mean, in my opinion it would
be nice if even a temporary solution like you described were provided
out-of-the-box, because some people have trouble using music functions
- and the result is bad scores, i've seen some recently on -user :(
May i ask you to add this to the tracker just to be remembered?
Perhaps as an enhancement-postponed...

thanks,
Janek