>> The NR says that autobeaming doesn't work over rests. In some
>> situations this means a lot of additional work. As an example,
>> consider a piece that uses almost exclusively a saltarello-like
>> rhythm:
>>
>> ```
>> \time 6/8 d8[ r d] d[ r d]
>> ```
>>
>> I now wonder whether it makes sense to control this behaviour with
>> a property, and whether this behaviour (i.e., autobeaming over
>> rests) can be easily implemented at all...
>
> Depending on how regular this actually is, you might be able to do
> something like
>
> \version "2.24.0"
>
> \new Voice <<
> { \time 6/8 d8 r d d r d }
> \repeat unfold 2 { s8[ s8 s8] }
> >>
Nice idea, thanks! However, this is far from a convenient solution in
the long run. IMHO, there are definitely valid situations where
automatic beaming over rests does make sense.
Looking up our tracker, this is actually issue #994.
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/994
Werner
