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 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?
%%%% Snippet
%% Full measure rest should take as much horizontal space as a note of
%% the same duration.
%% Currently the "whole rest" measure widths are smaller than
%% corresponding duration note and they are much more compressed in
%% "tighter situations".
%%
%% Note that the width of a full measure rest should adapt to its
%% duration, hence the solution of defining "minimum-length" is not
%% suitable for different time signatures. A full measure rest in
%% 2/4 should have a smaller width than a full measure rest in 4/4
%% because a whole takes much horizontal space than a half note.
%%
\version "2.15.7"
test = \relative c' {
c1
R1
c1
R1
\repeat unfold 2 c1
R1*2
\repeat unfold 2 c1
R1
\repeat unfold 2 c1
R1*2
\repeat unfold 2 c1
R1
c1
R1
c1
c1
}
\score {
\new Staff {
c'1^"current full bar rest width"
\test
}
}
\score {
\new Staff {
c'1^"new (expected) full bar rest width"
\test
}
\layout {
\context {
\Voice
\override MultiMeasureRest #'minimum-length = #8
}
}
}
%%%% End of snippet
Cheers,
Xavier
--
Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com>
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