Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> writes:
> Hi David,
>
>>> That’s only because you haven’t written the code to make Lilypond do
>>> it for you [and anyone else who wants such a feature]. Patches are
>>> always welcome!
>>
>> The Completion_rest_engraver will do that in a variety of manners
>> (depending on the variables it uses to make its decisions). It's not
>> all that popular outside of computer-generated music where barlines and
>> other metric boundaries are more of a coincidence and a help to the
>> human executioner rather than an integral part of the rhythm.
>
> Thanks for reminding me of its existence; I use neither Completion_*_engraver.
>
> Now:
>
> \version "2.19.80"
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \Voice
> \consists "Completion_rest_engraver"
> }
> }
>
> {
> \time 4/4
> c'4
> }
>
> I believe Reggie would like the rest of that measure filled with rests (I’m
> guessing a quarter rest and a half rest).
Something like
\version "2.19.80"
\layout {
\context {
\Voice
\remove "Rest_engraver"
\consists "Completion_rest_engraver"
completionUnit = #(ly:make-moment 1/2)
}
}
{
\time 4/4
c'4
r2.
}
It's not all that great, I'll agree.
--
David Kastrup
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