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Re: Full measure rest should take more horizontal space


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: Full measure rest should take more horizontal space
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:02:29 +0100

----- Original Message ----- From: "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden>
To: "Xavier Scheuer" <address@hidden>
Cc: "lilypond-devel" <address@hidden>; "bug-lilypond" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Full measure rest should take more horizontal space


Wow, i'm CCed! Why?

2011/7/31 Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>:
Hello,

In my everyday use of LilyPond I am often annoyed by the fact that
—especially in "tighter situations"— full measure rests take very
little horizontal space, hence their measure width are much more
*compressed* than neighbouring measures.
This results in IMHO poor output.

I think i agree that full measure rest should take the same amount of
space as full measure note.

I do not know what "engraving references" say about the horizontal
_measure width_ in the case of "full measure rest" but I would have
expected a full measure rest to take as much horizontal space as the
corresponding-duration note (full measure-duration note).
Someone could confirm this?

The only way of confirmation that comes to my mind (as i don't have
any engraving books) is to go to imslp.org, click 'random page' 30
times and see what appears... It is a very brutal method.

cheers,
Janek

Gould and Read both strongly imply that a WMR should take up the same space as the equivalent note: we could discuss whether this is always a semi-breve, or whether it represents the timed length of the note in other time sigs than 4/4. Gould says "Position a rest exactly as if it were a note of equivalent duration" [except] "the semi-breve rest is placed at the visual centre of the bar". Read says "Written rests [..] are always given a time-value: that is, the rest symbols merely substitute for a written note value."


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Phil Holmes






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