Re: \alterBroken doesn't work for properties accessed before line breaking

[Colin Hall]

address@hidden writes:

> If \alterBroken tries to set a property consulted before line breaking, it 
> results in the property having an incorrect value:
>
> For example...
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \alterBroken #'direction #'(UP DOWN) Staff.DynamicLineSpanner
>   %\override Staff.DynamicLineSpanner.direction = #UP %% no issues
>   a\< \repeat unfold 38 a a\p
> }
>
> This can be fixed by either:
>
> a) Making it work for properties accessed in the original spanner (direction, 
> padding ,etc.).
> b) Changing the documentation to reflect that alterBroken only applies to 
> properties that are accessed after line breaking.
>
> Cheers,
> MS

I've created an enhancement tracker for this, Mike:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3198

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall