Re: kneed beams

[Mats Bengtsson]

Richard Lyons wrote:
> Sorry to become a pest here:  I've missed my deadline but still in a 
> panic to finish and I cannot find how to do this
>   |O
>   |   |O      |O   where this is in the treble clef
>   |   |       |
>   +---+---+---+
>           |
>           |
>          O|        and this in the bass.

Either use the automatic staff switching feature or switch staff 
manually, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/input/regression/out-www/collated-files.html#beam-cross-staff-auto-knee.ly
and
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/input/regression/out-www/collated-files.html#auto-change.ly


> Also how do I get /
>                   |
>                   |
>                   |
>                   |
>                   |
>                   |
>                   \  angle type brackets attached to the system?

Try a \context GrandStaff (you'll find several examples in the
same document as refered above. Just click on a score if you want
to see the input code.

Have you seen the "Tips and Tricks" document?

   /Mats