Re: autobeaming over rests,Re: autobeaming over rests

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> The NR says that autobeaming doesn't work over rests.  In some
>> situations this means a lot of additional work.  As an example,
>> consider a piece that uses almost exclusively a saltarello-like
>> rhythm:
>>
>> ```
>> \time 6/8 d8[ r d] d[ r d]
>> ```
>>
>> I now wonder whether it makes sense to control this behaviour with
>> a property, and whether this behaviour (i.e., autobeaming over
>> rests) can be easily implemented at all...
> 
> Depending on how regular this actually is, you might be able to do
> something like
> 
> \version "2.24.0"
> 
> \new Voice <<
>   { \time 6/8 d8 r d d r d }
>   \repeat unfold 2 { s8[ s8 s8] }
> >>

Nice idea, thanks!  However, this is far from a convenient solution in
the long run.  IMHO, there are definitely valid situations where
automatic beaming over rests does make sense.

Looking up our tracker, this is actually issue #994.

  https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/994


    Werner