Re: shorthand for autoBeam control

[Paul Scott]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I'm not sure whether this has been discussed before: What do you think
> of using `c[]' as a shorthand for `\autoBeamOff c \autoBeamOn'?
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> Currently, `c[]' produces
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>              O
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> (a note with a beamlet to the left and right), which is neither
> documented nor makes much sense IMHO.
>
> My special example is this where such a shorthand would be quite
> convenient:
>
>   c4 c c \times 2/3 { r8 c16 } c8
>   
This may have nothing to do with your proposal/question but as a reader
I would find your example much harder to read/sightread than  

    c4 c c \times 2/3 { r8[ c16] } c8
or
    c4 c c \times 2/3 { r8[ c16 } c8]

Paul Scott


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