Re: Feature request? (and bug report)

[Colin Hall]

Jim Long writes:

> Please forgive my earlier example, which I had not tested
> thoroughly.
>
> Consider the example below instead, and the attached output.
>
> It shows some variations that could be useful when storing
> musical phrases in a variable, while retaining some flexibility
> with ties leading into or out of the phrase.
>
> I was puzzled that
>
> f ~ \music
>
> works, but it appears that
>
> \music ~ f
>
> does not.
>
> Is this correct, or am I still confused?  I guess if I have
> to ask, ....

I've thought about it and I agree, it should work as you expect. The
docs are here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#ties

I'm going to forward this bug-lilypond, Jim, as this seems to be a
Documentation problem even if it is not a bug.

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall