Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> writes: > Am 02.04.2017 um 15:25 schrieb David Kastrup: >> R4*7 is fundamentally different in meaning (provide 7/4 total amount of >> full-measure rests) from r4*7 (a quarter rest visual with 7 times its >> length). Full-measure rests are aligned to the middle of the bar, other >> rests are aligned to the beginning of the bar and/or parallel music. > > But does it actually demand too much of an engraver to take an r4*7 > event, check whether and how many full or partial measures are in its > duration, write full-bar or multi-measure rests for all parts spanning > full measures and normal rests for the remainder?
What about "is fundamentally different in meaning" was unclear? The rests have completely different visuals, not "just" different alignments and different numbers of grobs. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user