Re: wrong beam positions in LilyPond

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:

> when i met Jan in Waltrop, we discussed beam positions calculated by
> LilyPond.  I've shown Jan some cases where default beam positions were
> ugly (see attached "beam problems") - he was surprised and asked me to
> check whether old LilyPond versions performed the same.  I've checked

> this now and i can confirm that the beaming in remained virtually
> unchanged since LilyPond 2.6 (see attached "old vesions").
> I've also checked LilyPond 2.16, and in some cases the beaming is
> better, but many problems remain.

That is a testament to the regtest's usefulness, and it was certainly
intended to be like that.

> Would you be interested in fixing beaming code together?

Sure,

fixing things is always good. The beaming code is pretty generic, so I
expect that this will mostly be about tweaking scoring functions, and
making sure existing situations stay the same.



>
> best,
> Janek



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