Re: Some random lilypond questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

If you look at the section on Multimeasure rests in the on-line manual
and look at the end of the page, you will find a link to the detailed
program reference for the MultiMeasureRest object. In the list of
properties that can be set, you can find one called expand-limit,
which you can set to a lower value, for example
\override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1

A hint about this property can also be found in the example
multi-measure-rest.ly in the Regression Tests document (which
is an invaluable source of examples and information, together
with the Tips and Tricks document).

Happy LilyPonding

   /Mats

Benjamin Esham wrote:
> On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Graham Percival wrote:
>
> > On 10-Aug-04, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote:
> >
> > > - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick
> > > horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of 
> > > this,
> > > see the 17-measure rest in the "Multi measure rests" section in the
> > > documentation.  Is it possible to force lilypond to always use this kind
> > > of rest, regardless of the length of the rest?
> >
> >
> > AFAIK, Lilypond automatically does this if you're using R rests 
> > (instead of
> > r rests).  Or did you want to display partial-measure rests like this?
> >
> > I don't quite understand what you want.
>
>
> To see what I'm talking about, take a look at the first example image in 
> the
> "Multi measure rests" section of the user manual.  The 17-measure rest 
> is as
> I described it above, while the 4-measure rest is displayed 
> differently.  I'm
> trying to get all of the multi-measure rests to be displayed like the 17-
> measure example (as I said, this seems to be the standard in every concert
> band piece I've seen).

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