Re: Multi measure rests

[Alan Lakin]

On Thursday 01 May 2003 10:15 pm, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
> > Lilypond 1.7.9 Mandrake 9.0 rpm
> >
> > I have successfully used
> >
> > \property Score.skipBars = ##t
> >
> > and inserted R1*2 into a clarinet part and it works fine. However, when I
> > create the score two extra empty bars are inserted in the clarinet part
> > resulting in the part being two bars longer than it should be. Is there
> > something I have missed that I need to do when building the score?
>
> I'm not sure. Is R1*2 followed by a whole note? In that case, you must
> explicitly specify the duration of the note.

Spot on. My next note was r^\markup. If I change it to r1^\markup the problem 
is solved.

> > Also, it just so happens that I need to use \markup at this point. The
> > \markup works fine when attached to r but not R. Is this correct?
>
> This is fixed in the latest 1.7 releases.

Looks like I need to upgrade then.

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                Alan Lakin
        Wallington, Surrey, England