Re: Should we have a from-barline property in analogy to to-barline ?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Simon,

> On 24.07.2017 13:58, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Seems like an obvious addition.  Would make stuff (like slurs, hairpins
>> and so on) starting at the bar move backwards to the bar line.  Probably
>> also useful for non-spanners like a \fermata ?
> 
> I have difficulty imagining use cases.

Measure-attached spanners (e.g. "<--  Safety -->" ) comes to mind immediately.

> Is to-barline really used for anything else than hairpins?

Pedals?

> I certainly can imagine that _attaching_ spanners

Ah… there it is.  =)

Cheers,
Kieren.
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