Re: feature request: syntax for vocal music to simplify autobeaming and melisma settings

2010-02-04 Thread Russ Ross
Wilbert Berendsen xs4all.nl> writes: > Can't you just write: > > \autoBeamOff > a c d e[ f g] a > > when autobeam is off, the manual beams already trigger a melisma in the > lyrics. No, this does not do the same thing. Take this example extracted from a Tallis mass: \version "2.12.3" \conte

feature request: syntax for vocal music to simplify autobeaming and melisma settings

2010-02-03 Thread Russ Ross
When setting vocal music, auto beaming is normally off, except during melisma. I find myself constantly writing: \autoBeamOn \melisma ... \melismaEnd\autoBeamOff This is quite cumbersome, so much so that I normally write it like this instead: [[ ... ]] and run a perl script to pre-process