Re: [Feature Request] \compressFullBarRests improvement(s)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Alex,

> Two separate ones. As an orchestral performer those breaks are often used to 
> signify the beginnings of sections to make counting easier, so if I'm resting 
> and there are 8 bars of one theme followed by 8 of another, I find it much 
> easier to keep my place when it's 8 and 8 instead of 16.

That’s exactly why there are rehearsal marks, markup, cues, spanners, etc.: you 
[can] use them to break up the uninterrupted stretches of multi-measure rests — 
I don’t want to stop that from happening, of course.

I’m simply trying to avoid problems like the one evident in the following 
snippet (where the second score should contain a three-measure MMR):

\version "2.17.97"

theGlobal = {
  \compressFullBarRests
  s1
  s1-\tag #'(foo) -\markup "Foo only"
  s1
}

theMusic = {
  R1*3
}

\score {
  \new Staff \keepWithTag #'(foo) << \theGlobal \theMusic >>
}

\score {
  \new Staff \removeWithTag #'(foo) << \theGlobal \theMusic >>
}

Cheers,
Kieren.