Re: Cross-staff beaming

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hilary Snaden" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:15 PM
Subject: Cross-staff beaming


> I've just installed 2.13.61 (Windoze binary)
>
> I'm working on a piece with a lot of cross-staff arpeggios, many of which 
> need their stem lengths/beam positions tweaked for easier reading. The 
> manualBeam function in the manual
>
> manualBeam =
> #(define-music-function (parser location beg-end)
>   (pair?)
>   #{
>   \once \override Beam #'positions = #$beg-end
>   #})
>
> works perfectly for a few bars, after this the beams and stems of the 
> beamed note groups are AFAICT rendered inverted top-to-bottom.
>
> A recent bug-lilypond thread suggested that some work had recently been 
> done on the cross-staff beaming code. Is this still on the to-do list, or 
> am I missing something? (A workaround?)


There are at least 3 beaming bugs still present in .61, which are claimed 
fixed for .62.  I'd suggest trying your music with .62 when it is released, 
and raising a problem again if it doesn't fix your problem.

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Phil Holmes