Re: [SPAM] Re: Discussing typographical standards

[Urs Liska]

Am 26.03.2014 11:36, schrieb Phil Holmes:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Discussing typographical standards
> > What I would find useful is an option with that you can allow LilyPond
> > to break mid-measure at certain points. For example that you say: "In
> > 4/4 time you may also break in the middle", or "In 9/8 time you may
> > break also at the 4th and 7th quaver".
> > This would make it possible to have a more flexible breaking (on
> > request, not by default) without having to write and include a
> > dedicated extra voice.
>
> No need for another voice if you want to do manual mid-bar breaking:
>
> \relative c'' { c2 c | c c | c c | c c | c c | c c | c \break \bar "" c
> | c c | c c | }

Of course you can write it directly in the music. But it will be cleaner 
to separate it out in an extra voice.
But the main point is to have an _automatic_ solution that allows more - 
and more flexible - breaking patterns without having to specify possible 
break points manually.

Urs