Re: Partcombine: Ties break when followed by another one

[Phil Holmes]

It does print an error message:

kappler.ly:6:36: warning: unterminated tie
            { \time 3/8 es'8 es'4
                                  ~ }

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Phil Holmes


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Käppler" <address@hidden>
To: "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Partcombine: Ties break when followed by another one


> Ok, but maybe it should at least print an error message... it is confusing 
> because it works in many cases.
>
> Michael
>
> Am 23.03.2017 um 11:41 schrieb Phil Holmes:
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Käppler" <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:12 AM
> > Subject: Partcombine: Ties break when followed by another one
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Lilypond's behaviour in the following example does not make sense to me.
> > >
> > > \version "2.19.0"
> > > \score {
> > >     \new Staff {
> > >         \partcombine
> > >             { \time 3/8 b'8 b'4 ~ }
> > >             { \time 3/8 es'8 es'4 ~ }
> > >         \partcombine
> > >             { b'4. R1*3/8 }
> > >             % { es'4. ~ es' } % Does not show tie
> > >             { es'4. R1*3/8 } % Does show tie
> > >     }
> > > }
> > >
> > > Is this a known or unknown bug or do I miss something?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Michael
> >
> > My observation would be that it may be a problem caused by the multiple 
> > uses of \partcombine.  Simply writing:
> >
> > \partcombine
> > { \time 3/8 b'8 b'4 ~ b'4. R1*3/8 }
> > { \time 3/8 es'8 es'4 ~ es'4. ~ es' }
> >
> > works fine.
> >
> > --
> > Phil Holmes