On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 10:09 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> writes: > > > On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 09:15 +0100, Urs Liska wrote: > >> Try \set tieWaitForNotes = ##t > > > > Is there any circumstance in which it is useful to have this set > > false? > > When you want to catch a mistake instead of silently getting ties across > half the score? Particularly for stuff like > > c~ << e \\ c >> d e c > > you have the effect that the tie will reach across the whole phrase > since the second c is not in the tied voice. If LilyPond silently does > "something" Well, there would be no need for the quotes if ~ was documented to tie from the current note to the next occurrence of that note in the current voice. > this may cause a visual surprise
the "visual surprise" would be much more useful to highlight the mistake than the current behavior, where the absence of the tie may not be noticed. > when the score is getting > used. > > However, a useful default may also be to draw the tie anyway but _warn_ > unless tieWaitForNotes is set. Sure, people ignore warnings all the > time but at their own peril. that sounds excellent. Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
