Re: question about multi measure rests from a blind user

[Jacques Menu]

Hello Daniel,

Place the \compressFullBarRests command ahead of the music itself :


\score {
  \new Staff {
    \compressFullBarRests
    c1*2
    R1*32
    d1*3
    R1*3
    e1*3
  }
  \layout { }
}


JM

> Le 17 juin 2015 à 06:33, Daniel Contreras <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hello David and Trever, 
> Pardon me if I miss spelled your name. So… what exactly does 
> \compressFullBarRests do? Here is what I tried to do: 
> \score { 
> \new Staff { 
> … music …. \compressFullBarRests R1*32 … more music } 
> \layout { } 
> } 
> 
> Is there anything that I am missing to accomplish the engraving of a multi 
> measure rest with a “32 above it? 
> On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:14 AM, Trevor Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> David Kastrup wrote Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:24 AM
>> 
>>> \compressFullBarRests is probably named a bit confusingly: LilyPond
>>> merely refrains from uncompressing the rests then, but it does not
>>> actively compress them.
>> 
>> It is poorly named, but for a different reason.  \compressFullBarRests
>> merely sets 'skipBars to #t, which causes bar lines and bars to be 
>> suppressed for any rest or note which extends over several bars.  See
>> 
>> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3687
>> 
>> There is a music function \compressMMRests available from
>> Release 2.19.20 and later whose action is strictly limited 
>> to multi-measure rests.  It is likely \compressFullBarRests 
>> will be deprecated at some time, or more likely renamed to 
>> better indicate its true action.
>> 
>> Trevor
> 
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