On Wed 06 Apr 2016 at 13:34:01 (+0200), Martin Neubauer wrote: > On 6 April 2016 at 13:23, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > > Hi Martin, > > > > > when I explored the effect of that setting, I wasn't sure the outcome is > > really that desirable > > > > Wait… is your example **actually** what happens with > > Timing.beamHalfMeasure = ##f? > > > At least on my computer, yes. I didn't check other versions of lilypond, > though. > > > It’s awful. That should DEFINITELY not be the default. > > > Reminds me a bit of the old quote: "The problem XML solves isn't hard, and > it doesn't solve the problem well."
Reminds me of an old New Scientist column called "Nominative Determinism". Or the Ronseal advert: "It does exactly what it says on the tin". Having included it, I guess it has to stay, so it might as well be added to the NM index. > In 3/4 time, my beaming is always in three pairs of eighths, unless the > > following two conditions simultaneously apply: > > (1) all sixth eighth notes are present (i.e., no rests); and > > (2) I want the measure to be felt in one, not three. > > > > Otherwise, it’s pairs of eighths beamed, or single eighths with rests in > > all my scores. > > > That's very sensible and pretty much the same I do for more or less > contemporary music. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
