Re: How should tupletSpannerDuration actually work?

[David Kastrup]

"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 10:25 AM
> Subject: How should tupletSpannerDuration actually work?
>
>
>>
>> I have a hard time considering the output of
>
>> \version "2.16.0"
>>
>> \relative c' {
>>  \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 2)
>>  \times 2/3 { c8 d e f g a g f e d c d }
>>  \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
>>  \times 2/3 { c4 d e f g a g f e d c d }
>> }
>>
>>
>> useful:
>>
>>
>
> I think that looks OK?

No.  In the first case, the beaming should be 2+2+2 rather than 3+3: the
whole point is that there is supposed to be a subdivision into three,
and 3+3 defeats that.

> It can't put correct triplet brackets over the crochets because the
> triplets are 1.5 crochets long.  What do you think is wrong?

I consider the result useless.  It is also not symmetrical.

-- 
David Kastrup