On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Jesse Bye wrote:
> On 8/21/2010 1:55 PM, Jesse Bye wrote:
>> I'm writing a piece of music where I'd like to sustain some notes to the
>> end of a measure:
>>
>> \set tieWaitForNote = ##t
>> \set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'bracket
>> e,4~\sustainOn fis~ b~ <e, fis b cis>4~
>> % 10
>> <e fis b cis>1\fermata\sustainOff
>>
>> With the above code, the sustain bracket ends immediately after the
>> final notes (e fis b cis). I'd like it to extend to the end of the
>> measure (to the bar line). Is this possible? I had a similar issue
>> previously extending a trill to the end of a measure, and was able to
>> solve it by using " \override TrillSpanner #'to-barline = ##t ". Is
>> there something similar that I can tweak for the sustain spanner?
>
> OK, I've made some progress here. Using " \override Staff.PianoPedalBracket
> #'shorten-pair = #'(0 . -8.0) " I can manually adjust the length of the pedal
> bracket. This allows me to achieve the desired effect. However, it still
> seems that there should be a more automatic way to do this -- such as with
> the TrillSpanner "to-barline" override.
Yes there should be:
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1128
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