On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:59:14AM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > On 4/13/09 2:44 AM, "Trevor Daniels" <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> wrote: > > > \set #'autoBeamSetting #'(lengths 7 8) = > > \makeAutoBeamSetting '(* . ( 4 3 ) > > 16 . ( 3 5 6 )) > > You're missing paragraphs on this setting. It should rather be written as > > \makeAutoBeamSetting '((* . (4 3)) > (16 . (3 5 6))) > > which means I've been missing a set of paragraphs in my examples too.
( 'sup dawg, I herd u like paragraphs so I paragraph'd this parENTHESIS. ) > Ahh -- I just thought that 8th notes are the longest notes with beams. So > we could specify the * entries as eighths, and allow fractions I'm not totally certain about that. I mean, I'm not certain that there aren't some wacky contemporary music pieces that change this. > \makeAutoBeamSetting '((* . (1.5 4 7)) > > would then work properly. Eighth beams would end at 4/8 and 7/8; 16th and > shorter would end at 3/16, 4/8, and 7/8. And we could avoid the whole cons > cell entry, which I find rather difficult. > > I think I actually like this syntax quite well. Let the code take care of > all the complexity, and let users have it easy. Speaking strictly from a user's point of view, why not keep the \set beatGrouping = #'(3 3 2) which automatically takes the denominator of the time signature? ok, from a code standpoint you want beatGrouping to die, so what about \makeBeamGroupings #'(3 3 2) and then translate that into the other stuff? Then simple beamings (I consider my irregular 8/8 time to be simple :) can have a simple syntax, while people wanting exact control can do those nested list funkiness. In their bases, of course. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
