Re: \parallelMusic and \relative

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hello, all --

Some time ago, Werner started a thread with
> It seems that \parallelMusic doesn't work with \relative.  This makes
> it very unnatural to work with.  Any chance to implement something
> similar, say, a special mode where the first note in a `section' is
> absolute and the remaining notes relative to it?

As of Lilypond 2.9.5, what is the status of this? i.e.,
    1. Are there known (and relatively "easy") workarounds?
    2. Are there roadmap plans for the product to handle this?

Thanks,
Kieren.