Re: Multi-measure rests and mark collisions ...

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On 22/04/2016 16:55, David Kastrup wrote:
> > >The first fermata prints fine. The second fermata prints "programming
> > >error: Object is not a markup." in the log and doesn't print. So
> > >that's another bug tracked down in my piece,
> That's_explicitly_  what \fermataMarkup is for.  If people consulted the
> manual before reporting known quirks...

Oops - I *used* to know the manuals very well - I proofread them from 
cover to cover back in Graham's day ...

I know a lot has changed since then - as I said \fermata didn't even 
work on notes back then - but there's a lot that's changed since then. 
Having a comprehensive out-of-date knowledge can bite you ... and I 
don't use lily enough to keep up with the changes.

That said, this *is* the user list, and sometimes RTFM is a good answer. 
Although I hate it when they don't tell you where in the FM to R. 
(That's not the case here, though, I ought to be able to find it very 
easily :-) Often it's not knowing WHAT to look for that's the problem, 
as in here I thought I knew about fermata ...

> We'd probably have less inclination to address the quirks eventually.
As David Wright said, it seems MMRs are just one big quirk (as I'm 
finding out with this piece), so that's probably a big job to address :-(

Cheers,
Wol