Re: recent beaming change?

[Patrick McCarty]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Andrew Hawryluk <address@hidden> wrote:
> My latest LilyPond build (2.13.1, 24 Apr 2009) produces different
> beaming than my last build.
>
> e.g. {c''8 c'' c'' c''}
> used to produce   |_|_|_|
> and now it gives me    |_|  |_|
>
> Was this intentional?

Yes, this was changed recently.  The reasons are listed here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2009-03/msg00126.html

I don't know if the plans to revise the auto-beaming code (being
discussed by Carl, Trevor, and Neil) will address this issue.
Clearly, it would be better to allow for this "special case", since

|_|_|_|

is much more common than

|_|  |_|


-Patrick