Karl Hammar wrote Friday, April 19, 2013 1:43 PM > Trevor Daniels: >> If you use the manuals for more recent versions - 2.16 or 2.17 - instead >> of one that is well out of date, you'll find this section has been rewritten >> to avoid exactly these difficulties. > >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior > >> Let us know if you still have difficulty understanding this. > > My remaining questions are: > > 1, If I set a beatStructure, why isn't the exceptions cleared? > > 2, How do I clear the default behaviour set in > default-time-signature-settings? > > The obvious answer to 1, is because it's not coded so, but would it > good if it were ? > > For 2, I've tried with > > \score { > \new ChoirStaff << > #(let default-time-signature-settings '()) > ... > > define-public, define etc.. > > It would be nice if I could set my own defaults.
Best to read the manual and follow the method there rather than guessing: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#time-signature This section is referenced from http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior "Changing the default automatic beaming settings for a time signature is described in Time signature. " Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user