Re: barchecks in lyrics mode confused by rests

[Colin Campbell]

On 11-04-14 04:12 PM, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Mark Polesky wrote Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:02 PM
>
> > I just found a problem with an old doc-commit of mine
> > (0a8cfef, from May 7 2010).  I implicitly endorsed using
> > barchecks in the lyrics input (see LM 2.3.1 "Setting simple
> > songs").  Unfortunately, when the measure following a
> > barcheck starts with a rest, a "barcheck failed" warning
> > results, which is unsatisfactory:
> >
> > I suppose the options are:
> >
> > 1) remove the lyrics-barchecks from the docs, and mention
> >   (somewhere) that barchecks do not work in lyrics input.
> > 2) make barchecks work in lyrics mode (i.e. with rests).
> >
> > I prefer #2 -- I think it's a valuable feature to have.  But
> > as I've implied recently, I'm too busy at the moment to be
> > getting my hands dirty with LilyPond patches, though I do
> > have enough time to start discussions.  Should I file an
> > "Enhancement" issue on the tracker?
>
> I'd like to see an issue covering this.  Even if a fix
> is a long time coming it is best to have the issue recorded.
> I think I'd call this a defect rather than an enhancement,
> though.
>
> Trevor

This would seem to be issue #99, Trevor, and given it was reported in 
2006, I suspect a fix will, indeed, be a long time coming!

Colin

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