On Thursday, 26 August 1999, John Sankey writes:
> "However, now that I think of it, maybe it is better to remove the
> 'nothing specified->stop at end of beat' rule?"
>
> Documentation would help! I didn't know of this rule. I'll use \time
> 2/2 in such cases.
I'll check. --> Seems it's in the refman, but maybe not too clear.
> But, as another possibility, how about allowing a general
> specification to be overridden by a specific one?
That's how it works, already.
> e.g. allowing
> beamAutoEnd = "1/2";
> beamAutoEnd_12 = "1/4";
> to mean that all beams autoend at 1/2 except triplet 8ths?
so this should work. Check it out.
Hmm, this is better documented in lily/auto-beam-engraver.cc,
should be included in refman.
> This would require however that an autobeam entry in \paper cancel
> _all_ entries in auto-beam-settings.ly and I don't know if this can
> work with your data structures...
No need.
Jan.
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