Re: new autobeam settings not working for me

[Carl Sorensen]

On 12/4/10 6:21 PM, "Xavier Scheuer" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 5 December 2010 02:13, Jonathan Kulp <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok so now I've been able to make the beaming change if I am in 8/8 or
>> 6/8 but not in 4/4 time, where it stays resolutely in groups of 4 + 4
>> 8th notes. How do I alter the beaming of a 4/4 bar?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I suppose it is due to  beamExceptions  that is set for 8th in 4/4
> (see Oscm/time-signature-settings.scm¹).
> 

Yep, I had just made and tested the change when this email came in.

> This works:
> 
> \relative c' {
>  \time 4/4
>  \set Timing.baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1 8)
>  \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(3 3 2)
>  \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()
>  c8 c c c c c c c
> }
> 
> But this behaviour is strange (non expected from a user point of view)
> and should be changed or at least documented.

I can't see how it should be changed.  It's totally under user control.
There are three separate context properties that affect autobeaming, and all
three need to be properly set.

I can see that it needs to be documented better.  I'll cook a patch.

Thanks,

Carl