Re: User comments on R shorthand

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Nick,

> I'm not sure this would work, actually. If I understand correctly, R 
> currently behaves like any other LilyPond music event when it comes to 
> duration, i.e. unless otherwise specified, it takes the value of the 
> preceding note/rest. So if you had something like
> 
> \time 2/4
> R2 |
> R |
> \time 4/4
> R*2 |
> 
> there would be some ambiguity as to what "R*2" should print out, yes? The "R" 
> prints out a single full-measure rest in 2/4; why would "R*2" in this case 
> print out two measures of full-measure rest in 4/4 (quadrupling the length of 
> the previous "R") instead of one measure (doubling the length of the previous 
> "R")?

Interesting point…
I've never used R by itself (though I often use r, q, etc. by themselves), so I 
hadn't thought about this eventuality.

What about this being the right moment to use the [unused] @ symbol, i.e., 
address@hidden would mean 2 measures "at the current measure-duration"?

Thanks,
Kieren.