Re: cross-staff versions of \arpeggioArrowUp etc.

[Patrick McCarty]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:42:47PM -0700, Mark Polesky wrote:
> 
> \arpeggioArrowUp etc. doesn't work with cross-staff arpeggios
> because the arpeggio-direction property is overridden at the 
> Voice level, and not the PianoStaff level. To facilitate this
> situation for users, I propose adding these four commands to
> ly/property-init.ly:
> 
> connectArpeggioArrowUp = {
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'stencil
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'X-extent
>   \override PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'arpeggio-direction = #UP
> }
> connectArpeggioArrowDown = {
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'stencil
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'X-extent
>   \override PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'arpeggio-direction = #DOWN
> }
> connectArpeggioNormal = {
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'stencil
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'X-extent
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'arpeggio-direction
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'dash-definition
> }
> connectArpeggioBracket = {
>   \revert PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'X-extent
>   \override PianoStaff.Arpeggio #'stencil = #ly:arpeggio::brew-chord-bracket
> }
> 
> [snip]
>
> Good idea? Bad idea? Support? Opposition?

Sure!  I wasn't aware of this limitation, and I think users would
greatly benefit from having these predefined commands.

I think the names are great too, but let's see what others think.

Thanks,
Patrick