Re: Issue 2228 in lilypond: Some users prefer to minimize partial beams rather than beam by the beat

[lilypond]

Updates:
	Summary: Some users prefer to minimize partial beams rather than beam by  
the beat
        Status: Started
        Labels: -Patch-abandoned

Comment #4 on issue 2228 by address@hidden: Some users prefer to  
minimize partial beams rather than beam by the beat
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2228

In 2.14 and earlier, sixteenth or shorter notes that were partial beats  
were beamed outside of the beat in order to minimize flags sticking out.

This led to what some users called incorrect beaming.

The beaming was adjusted to always beam by the beat.  THis led to other  
users claiming incorrect beaming.

I can find no references in the engraving literature that indicates beaming  
should be shifted away from beaming by the beat.  But the examples shown by  
the users look better to me than the strict beam-by-the-beat rule.

And examples of well-engraved scores show the same beaming as the previous  
lilypond beaming.

Therefore, it appears that a context property should be set to allow the  
user to choose whether or not to follow strict beaming by the beat.

I have a plan for a patch, and hope to post it shortly.  The patch in  
comment 2 is wrong and is still abandonded.