Yes. Admittedly, my initial email was not as explanatory as possible. I will definitely be more thorough on my first attempt!
Regardless, I am pretty happy to have the problem solved and do understand that my lack of clarity was partly to blame for any confusion. Best, Michael On 09/08/2016 04:28 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2016-09-08 18:13 GMT+02:00 Michael Winter <mwin...@unboundedpress.org>: >> Respectfully, >> >> This is like someone asking for directions but instead of getting an >> answer on how to get to their preferred destination, getting asked why >> they would want to go there at all. >> >> If this were a question about default lilypond behavior, I would >> understand that standard engraving practices should be discussed. But >> this is an exceptional case that I would like to do programmatically. >> That is, I was not asking for this to be the norm, but rather how I >> could enable the exception. After all, lilypond is so, so powerful for >> both its automatic behavior and the fact that you can pretty much do >> anything that you want. >> >> But to answer your question. I am engraving a score of someone >> posthumously. There are uninked copies done by hand, which are probably >> some of the most beautiful, albeit admittedly sometimes unconventional, >> notation practices I have ever seen. Regardless, I am doing my best to >> make the convention for engraving this particular project as close to >> possible to the composer's original hand copies. And believe me, I have >> yet to find a moment in this composer's work, where his exceptions to >> common practices were not well thought out and considered. >> >> Best, >> >> Michael > > > Respectfully as well, > > let's say I misunderstood your initial request due to some > language-issues of a none-native-speaker. > > Otherwise this thread would surely blow up for additional 30-40 mails > about how-to-ask or minimal-examples and other topics of this kind, > containing opinions which all were stated before and that more than > once. > > And you _did_ provide not only your reasoning, but also some code in follow > ups. > > > Looks like David N's replies fullfit your needs already :) > > All the best, > Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user