Re: Feature request

[Werner LEMBERG]

>>> This could probably be
>>>
>>>    \beaming {8[ 8] 8 8 8[ 8 8 8] }
>>>
>>> So we have another result of GLISS.
>>
>> Actually, I like David's original proposal better if the semantics
>> of the construction is to both typeset the particular music and to
>> use it as a template for a beaming rule.
>
> The disadvantage would be that you lose the option of using a more
> abstract specification like above, whether or not adorned with a
> placeholder pitch like c or not.

Yes.  I would go even one step further, defining subbeams also.
Example:

  \beaming 5/16 { 16[ 16] 16[[ 16] 16] }

  +----+    +----+----+
  +----+    +----+   -+
  |    |    |    |    |



     Werner