I think that's a bug as R2 is not centered. ---- Original message ---- From: Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.k...@ziggo.nl> Sent: 29 Oct 2009 18:39 +01:00 To: 'Kieren MacMillan' <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: RE: centering rests
You are quite right, and I have never even bothered to check. Although I have a quite substantial library and am over 25 years active with music. Erik > -----Original Message----- > From: Kieren MacMillan [mailto:kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca] > Sent: donderdag 29 oktober 2009 18:29 > To: Erik Appeldoorn > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: centering rests > > Hi Erik, > > when I want to use r2 at the start (or R2) of the bar it looks > > awfull. So how do I align these rests centered? > > > If you mean that you want the (e.g.) half-note rest to be mid-way > through the first half of the measure, rather than left-aligned at > the first beat, then... you don't/shouldn't. > > In standard music engraving practice, the full-measure rest is the > *only* one that is centered in its [horizontal] duration-space - all > other rests are placed at the position where they first happen in the > flow of time, just like their sounding-note equivalent(s). > > Hope this helps! > Kieren.= _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user