Re: Ties over multiple chords

[David Kastrup]

Richard Shann <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 09:15 +0100, Urs Liska wrote:
>> Try \set tieWaitForNotes = ##t
>
> Is there any circumstance in which it is useful to have this set
> false?

When you want to catch a mistake instead of silently getting ties across
half the score?  Particularly for stuff like

c~ << e \\ c >> d e c

you have the effect that the tie will reach across the whole phrase
since the second c is not in the tied voice.  If LilyPond silently does
"something" this may cause a visual surprise when the score is getting
used.

However, a useful default may also be to draw the tie anyway but _warn_
unless tieWaitForNotes is set.  Sure, people ignore warnings all the
time but at their own peril.

-- 
David Kastrup