Re: Last note of a first alternative is a tie to the first note in the repeat; how to engrave this?

[Simon Albrecht]

On 28/07/2022 16:25, David Kastrup wrote:
> There is also \startTrillSpan/\stopTrillSpan, \startGroup/\stopGroup,
> \startGraceSlur/\stopGraceSlur, \startTextSpan/\stopTextSpan,
> \startMeasureCount/\stopMeasureCount,
> \startMeasureSpanner/\stopMeasureSpanner .  On the opposite side, there
> is \endSpanners.
>
> All of these strictly imply the beginning/end of typesetting, but then
> the problem of halfties is that the usual connection of beginning/end of
> typesetting with the flow of time is not there.
Exactly, I think this would be very misleading.
> I was thinking of \leftTie/\rightTie instead, but then is the tie
> pointing to the left, or is it supposed to be at the left end of a
> repeat section?  I thought start/stop would be less ambiguous even if
> somewhat uglier.

I find it difficult to come up with something succinct— 
\halfTieToTheLeft and \halfTieToTheRight would be clear, but way too 
cumbersome. Actually, I think \halfTieLeft and \halfTieRight would work 
just fine. There’s potential for confusion, but not if it’s clear that 
the direction is from the note head. Does that make sense?

Best, Simon