Hi David, > Whatever you mean by "improve".
<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/improve> > What is supposed to be the result of > { \time 3/4 << { R15 \time 2/4 R3 } \\ { R3 \time 4/4 R10 } >> } One context consisting of a sequence of multi-measure rests totalling 51 quarter notes, simultaneously with a second context consisting of a sequence of multi-measure rests totalling 49 quarter notes. > Note that time changes happen synchronously in all contexts, unless the > Timing_translator gets moved. > So what happens if you quote music with full measure rests in contexts > with different time signature. An excellent question, which I am happy to leave up to those working on the low-level code. > You can agree however much you want to, but you won't manage to lobby > any programmer into successfully coding the impossible. Any > "improvement" would just mean things breaking in more obscure ways. This is precisely why I posed the question in the first place: So that those with more knowledge than I in these matters could comment on whether it was possible. Despite the spectacular — though hardly unexpected — lack of tact in your response, I was able to parse out the answer. Thanks, Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user