Re: Consistency of engraving of hairpin

[Keith OHara]

Nick Payne <nick.payne <at> internode.on.net> writes:

> See below. In bar 1, where the starting point of the hairpin in the top 
> voice is a rest, the hairpin starts at a point midway between that rest 
> and the following note. If the hairpin starts on a note, or if the 
> hairpin is move to another voice consisting of only spacer rests, then 
> the behaviour is different.
> 

Apparently hairpins are expected to *end* differently on notes versus
rests, and it seems the fix for that issue
  <http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=154>
also changed where the hairpins begin.

Presumably you expect the hairpins to begin on the left edge, whether
there is a rest or not.