[linux-audio-user] NoteEdit 2.3.4 note entry (beam) question

Hello, I have installed NoteEdit 2.3.4. It is greatly improved since my last try some mothns ago; thanks to the developers for the brace support! However, I could not figure out how to use the beam tool in a reasonably fast way. For example, if I enter four 1/16 notes in a row and want to use a beam, I found I can enter them, switch to modification mode, select them, then use the beam tool. Is there a shorter way? (In fact, I would like to try using NoteEdit for note entry anspecifically for subsequent printing via MusixTex or something - to replace Finale in this category. I know of no better open source software to do this...) Thanks in advance for any answers! Sincerely yours, Mikhail Ramendik