>> Consider this small example. >> ```tex >> { >> f'8 f' \autoBeamOff f' f' >> f' f' f' f' >> } >> ``` >> >> For me it was surprising to see that `\autoBeamOff` doesn't act >> immediately but rather two eighths later. The documentation >> doesn't mention this, AFAICS, and I consider this behaviour rather >> counter-intuitive. Could this be fixed? > > It appears that intentionally the `autoBeaming` property is not > consulted when considering whether to end a auto-beam in progress.
Thanks for digging! I've now done some `git blame` calls and found out that this behaviour was there from the very beginning of the auto-beamer's existence (in 1999). Honestly, I don't see any reason for it – who likes delayed actions like this? > Using \noBeam should let you terminate the beam early: [...] Very nice! Maybe we should add your fix to the git repository? Werner