Re: Put a slash on acciaccatura beamed eighth notes

[Mats Bengtsson]

Frédéric Chiasson wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to know if anyone has found a way to put a slash on 
> beamed eighth notes in acciaccatura? With the \acciaccatura function, 
> the slash appears on single notes, but not on beamed notes. The ideal 
> engraving would be a slash at the start of the beam, like in Berio's 
> Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone (attachment too large for sending)
>
> I have compared the codes of "\acciaccatura c8" and "\acciaccatura { 
> c8[ d8]}" with \displayMusic. The code requesting the slash is the same :
> ...


> No change for the beamed eighth notes, although the slash doesn't 
> appear. No difference either in ly/grace- init.ly <http://init.ly>. 
> Does anyone know where the denial of this request for beamed notes is 
> programmed? How can I change it?

The problem isn't that the request is denied, but that the
support for slashes through beams never has been implemented.
In the mailing list archives, you can find that this question has
popped up a number of times and you can also find some tricks
to fake the slash. However, it would be great if you could take
a look and make a proper implementation.

  /Mats