Re: Engraver to Prevent Widows and Orphans within Spanners

On Tue, 23 Jun 2026, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:

> Gabriel noticed a bug that I introduced when making last-minute changes
> (thus stopping the "length-limit" setting from working). Here's a corrected
> version.
>
Thanks for sharing the updated version!

> It might be desirable to configure the engraver not by giving constant
> values (in the \with { ... }) clause, but to introduce context properties
> that can also be changed during the piece, as well as a context property
> switching the widow/orphan control on/off completely. What do you think?
>
I really like the idea of having more flexibility.

I would like to be able to add changes to the engraver’s settings within my
music code, so that I can tweak the settings (or switch the engraver off
completely) in the middle of a score.