Re: stylesheet that override defaults

[Mike Solomon]

On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:08 AM, MarcM <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Now I am finding myself using commands to override default settings. An
> example is overriding beam grouping. Those command such as "\set
> Timing.beamExceptions = #'()"  need to be used within the score right after
> the time signature and can't be included from a file using "\include"
> because setting the time signature will reset the automatic beaming
> settings.

What if you put the following in a file you include :

\layout {
  \context {
  \Score
  \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()
  }
}

will that achieve the desired effect?

Cheers,
MS