Re: making all grobs breakable (for easier polymetric scores)

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> On 26.11.2017 15:08, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
>> Sorry for digging out this old thread:
>>
>>     \set Staff.barAlways = ##t
>>     \set Staff.defaultBarType = ""
>>
>>
>> For me this only works when I replace Staff by Score. Is this to be
>> expected?
>
> Yes. The original thread was about polymetric notation, which is
> generally achieved by moving Timing_translator and
> Default_bar_line_engraver from Score to Staff. The above two context
> properties need to be set in that context where
> Default_bar_line_engraver lives, so if you didn’t move it, that’s
> Score.

So it sounds like this recipe would be somewhat more reliable using

    \set Timing.barAlways = ##t
    \set Timing.defaultBarType = ""

However, using Timing instead of Score would seem necessary only for the
case where you want those settings only for _some_ but not all Timing
contexts.

-- 
David Kastrup