The bad news: you have hit a bug, Lilypond doesn't understand that the multi-measure rests need a certain minimal width.
The good news: as soon as you add a couple of more bars of music, Lilypond will break the music into several lines and you won't suffer from the problem any more. The easiest solution for you (if your piece isn't longer than this) is to add a line break manually. Just insert a \break where you want the first line to end. The next time you send a question, don't forget to tell what Lilypond version you use. /Mats > The manual gives something like this for multi-measure rests. It works > if I don't try the 5 bar rest before '\mark "1"'. With that rest > included I get everything on one line. I tried various combinations of > turning Score.skipBars on and off with no success. > > Any ideas? > > TIA, > > Paul Scott > > > \score { > \notes { > \relative c'' { > \time 2/4 { > \property Score.skipBars = ##t R2*4 > r8 b4\p ( c8~)c a-. f-. d-. b-. r8 r4 > R2*5 > \mark "1" > r2 r8 b'\p~b16 g-. g-. e-. c8-. r8 r4 > r8 d'8~d16 b-. b-. g-. e8-. r4. > R2*5 > r8 c'8 ( b16 a g f e8 g f16 e d ) e c4 () d c () d > } > } > } > \paper { > indent = 0.4 \in > } > } > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user