Re: more lily questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

> > 2. I'm using commands like:
> > 
> >      \property Voice.Rest \override #'staff-position = #4
> > 
> >    to shift rests around.  These work except when I typeset a whole
> >    rest with "R" (capital "R").  These rests always stay in the
> >    middle, which is not usable when writing counterpoint.
> 
> Try \property Voice.MultiMeasureRest \override #'staff-position = #4

If I had read the manual even more carefully, I would have
noticed that the Multi_measure_rest_engraver lives in the Staff 
contexts, not in the Voice contexts, so you should use

    \property Staff.MultiMeasureRest \override #'staff-position = #4

instead.

   /Mats