Different default arpeggio positions

[Abraham Lee]

Happy Holidays!

A number of versions ago, I created the following function to extend the top and bottom ends of the Arpeggio grob, which I find more aesthetically pleasing (generally), though I know it's not perfect:

\override Arpeggio.after-line-breaking =
 #(lambda (grob)
    (let* ((pos (ly:grob-property grob 'positions))
           (p1 (car pos))
           (p2 (cdr pos))
           (btm (- p1 1.0)) 
           (top (+ p2 0.5)) 
           )
      (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'positions (cons btm top))
    ))

It used to work perfectly (that I can remember), but now using either after-line-breaking or before-line-breaking, I can't get it to work correctly, especially when I need to use

\set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t.

Any thoughts as to why it no longer works and/or what I should be doing differently? Ideally, I'd like to use different values depending on if the associated note is in a space (like 1.0 space) or on a staff line (like 0.5 space), but I'd be happy with a single solution to start with like I have above.

Here's a small snippet showing the current default arpeggio in both single staff usage and cross-staff usage, another with my function used with before-line-breaking, and then finally the same function but with after-line-breaking. It almost works with before-line-breaking, but not the cross-staff one.

%<--------------------

\version "2.23"
\language "english"

\layout {
  \set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
}

pianoRH = \relative {
  \clef treble
  \time 3/4
  \key bf \major
  << { d''4.\arpeggio ef8 c4 } \\ { <ef, gf>2.\arpeggio } >> |
  <ef g bf ef>2.\arpeggio |
}  

pianoLH = \relative {
  \clef bass
  ef8\arpeggio bf' c2 |
  R2. |
}

\score {
  \header {
    piece = "Default"
  }
  <<
    \new PianoStaff <<
      \new Staff = "pianoRH" \pianoRH
      \new Staff = "pianoLH" \pianoLH
    >>
  >>
  \layout { }
}

\score {
  \header {
    piece = "Using before-line-breaking"
  }
  <<
    \new PianoStaff <<
      \new Staff = "pianoRH" \pianoRH
      \new Staff = "pianoLH" \pianoLH
    >>
  >>
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Score
      \override Arpeggio.before-line-breaking =
      #(lambda (grob)
         (let* ((pos (ly:grob-property grob 'positions))
                (p1 (car pos))
                (p2 (cdr pos))
                (btm (- p1 1.0))
                (top (+ p2 0.5))
                )
           (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'positions (cons btm top))
         ))
    }
  }
}

\score {
  \header {
    piece = "Using after-line-breaking"
  }
  <<
    \new PianoStaff <<
      \new Staff = "pianoRH" \pianoRH
      \new Staff = "pianoLH" \pianoLH
    >>
  >>
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Score
      \override Arpeggio.after-line-breaking =
      #(lambda (grob)
         (let* ((pos (ly:grob-property grob 'positions))
                (p1 (car pos))
                (p2 (cdr pos))
                (btm (- p1 1.0))
                (top (+ p2 0.5))
                )
           (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'positions (cons btm top))
         ))
    }
  }
}

%<---------------------------

Thanks,

Abraham