RE;re; beaming with cadenzaOn

[Sam Frybyte]

Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 18:29:51 +0100
From: Brian Barker <address@hidden>
To: lilypond user group <address@hidden>
Cc: Sam Frybyte <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: beaming with cadenzaOn
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At 10:16 31/05/2017 -0700, Sam Frybyte wrote:
>If there is a time signature the beaming of 8th notes with
>acciaccaturas between them is created as I expect.
>in version. 2.18.2
>with \cadenzaOn
>\stemUp\acciaccatura c'8 \stemNeutral a8
>     \stemUp\acciaccatura b8 \stemNeutral ges8
>     \times 2/3 {f16 [des des]} des4
>
>I have not been able to figure out or find a way for the 8ths to be beamed.

>>Just as you would beam any other notes: follow the a8 with a >>left
>>bracket "a8[" and the ges8 with a right bracket "ges8]".

>>If you wrote your triplet as { f16[ des des] } you might see more
>>readily how the notation works: the brackets do not enclose >>anything
>>but separately follow the notes to which they apply.
>>I trust this helps.
>>Brian Barker

Mr. Barker
It doesn't work.  I tried this and at least in version 2.18.2 nothing
happens- Unless you mean I must include the quotation marks? and if
you do where is this information in the manual?  Otherwise without the
marks nothing happens.
Thank you