On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:

>
>
> On 1/18/12 8:19 AM, "Ralph Palmer" <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Greetings -
> >
> >I'm running LilyPond 2.12 under Windows XP.
> >
> >\version "2.14.1"
>
> Your version says 2.14.  2.14 has different syntax.
>
> There is a snippet in the docs for 2.14 that demonstrates how to beam 1/8
> notes by quarters in 3/4.
>
> In 2.14 it's
>
> \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()
>
> See the snippet just above "How automatic beaming works" in the section
> "Setting automatic beam behavior" under NR 1.2.4 Beams.
>
> As far as 2.12 is concerned, you must make sure to first eliminate all of
> the default beaming rules that apply for that time signature and then add
> your own to get what you want.  It was sufficiently hard to do that it
> caused me to completely rewrite the autobeaming interface, and the general
> consensus was that the new syntax was much easier to use than the old
> syntax. I don't remember the details of the old process well enough to
> give you advice.  I'd recommend you upgrade from 2.12 to 2.14.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>
My thanks and apologies to all of you who responded. I mis-wrote when I
said I was running 2.12. I am, in fact, running 2.14. I did read the
manual, and simply did not get down to the snippet that Carl mentioned. I'm
sure that will do the trick.

In gratitude,

Ralph

-- 
Ralph Palmer
Brattleboro, VT
USA
palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
_______________________________________________
lilypond-user mailing list
lilypond-user@gnu.org
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Reply via email to