[JW Lua] Beam Extension Dependency on Measure Width

[Robert Patterson]

Surprisingly, I don't see it either.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 5:48 AM Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a client has sent me an interesting phenomenon which I wasn't aware of:
> If a document uses Finale's beam extension feature, the beam extension is
> sensitive to changes of the measure width which otherwise may have no
> visible effect. This video demonstrates it:
> https://youtu.be/G8hoV7y8eh8
> Changing the measure width changes the beam extension, but nothing else.
>
> It would be great, if I could prevent this (by scaling the beam extension
> with the measure width change) as my Perfect Layout plug-in usually changes
> the measure width through its own spacing algorithm.
> Does anyone know if this beam extension parameter is accessible in JW Lua?
> I didn't find it.
>
> Attached is the test document from the video.
>
> Best,
> Jan
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