Re: Feature request

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> 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] }
>
>   +----+    +----+----+
>   +----+    +----+   -+
>   |    |    |    |    |
>

First we would need to get this manner of specifying subbeams work
properly in manually beamed music.  I don't think that manual beams
currently nest in that manner.

-- 
David Kastrup