RE: horizontal beams

[James Lowe]

LLj

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> James Lowe <address@hidden> escribió:
> 
> 
> > So if you know that it does not guarantee horizontal beams then the
> > snippet is wrong and it needs to be corrected, I can only go on what I
> > am told in the documentation or the snippet repository. So there is no
> > point adding another snippet to the documentation when we have one (as
> > far as I can see) that gives you '... horizontal beams, regardless of
> > the notes they connect' already. However if it is wrong, it would be
> > better to correct this than add something new.
> 
> i agree, of course! but since the main text of NR has a "selected snippet"
> showing the use of \override Beam #'damping = #+inf.0 to produce
> horizontal beams (which is appropriate, IMO), i think it should include all 
> the
> necessary tweaks to always guarantee horizontal beams. that's what i meant
> in my previous mail, sorry if i didn't myself clear. and the corresponding
> snippet at the LSR, naturally.
> 

That's fine, so are you saying that the current snippet using 

\override Beam #'damping = #+inf.0

Is not enough as it states in the LSR to guarantee horizontal beams because we 
don't want to contradict ourselves?

I don't know how the code works, but as someone who browses the LSR I would 
just say that there is only one tweak needed, but you are implying there are 
cases when you need more than one tweak.

That was my point.

James