Re: Discussing typographical standards

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Discussing typographical standards


> 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


I was replying to your comment "possible to have a more flexible breaking 
(...) without having to write and include a dedicated extra voice" by 
showing that you don't need an extra voice.  You might put one, but you 
don't need one.

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Phil Holmes