Re: Error in 2.14 Documentation? Snippet Subdividing beams lily-4289b33e.ly

[Tiresia GIUNO]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:57:24 +0200
Tiresia GIUNO <address@hidden> wrote:
> In the Notation Reference, the first Snippet "Subdividing beams" of
> the Section "1.2.4 Beams, Setting automatic beam behavior"
> 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior
> 
> seems to me containing an error. This is the Snippet:
> 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/49/lily-4289b33e.ly
> 
> I believe that, according to the displayed music, the Code should look
> like this:
> 
> %%%%%% START %%%%%%
> \relative c'' {
>   c32[ c c c c c c c]
>   \set subdivideBeams = ##t
>   c32[ c c c c c c c]
> 
>   % Set beam sub-group length to an eighth note
>   \set baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1 8)
>   \set beatStructure = #'(4 4 4 4)
>   c32[ c c c c c c c]
> 
>   % Set beam sub-group length to a sixteenth note
>   \set baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1 16)
>   \set beatStructure = #'(2 2 2 2)
>   c32[ c c c c c c c]
> }
> %%%%%% END %%%%%%
> 
> 
> i.e. with the beatStructure for the third Beat set to (4 4 4 4)
> instead of (2 2 2 2) as stated there. The opposite for the last Beat.
>  
> Am I misunderstanding the text or is there a Bug?
> 
> On the other hand, working on this code I noticed that, in order to
> obtain the intended result, it's enough to set baseMoment and
> that setting beatStructure has no influence on the result. Or am I
> also here misunderstanding the code?
> 
> TG 

Don't mind, the Documentation is correct! I got confused trying to
understand how time managing works in LP. Sorry!
TG