Re: Combining Multimeasure rests

[Urs Liska]

Am 11.11.2014 17:26, schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
> Hi Urs,
>
> > I also have some ideas about options for a more manual approach to line 
> > breaking (partially from seeing how easy it is tto push stuff around with 
> > Amadeus).
> 1. I would love to see Amadeus in action!

Me too (actually I did *not* see it but was only told by a power-user (I 
think you know who I mean).
If you come over here I'll get us an appointment in Munich for a 
demonstration ;-)

> 2. <broken record alert!> Using Jan-Peter’s \editionEngraver makes "pushing stuff 
> around” — including line and page breaks — pretty easy in Lilypond. I’ve just finished engraving a 
> >10,000-frame score (>50 staves with >200 measures). The outputs were: full (orchestra) 
> score; instrumental parts; chorus score (with piano reduction); and chorus vocal score. I was able 
> to eliminate EVERY presentation adjustment (e.g., \tag, \override, \tweak, etc.) from the content 
> (*_notes.ly) file.  =)

OK. I know this is awesome, but that's not what I meant. My intention 
was more in the direction of
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-12/msg01192.html

What Amadeus can do is stuff like "I want the next 28 measures 
distributed over 6 staves" and all sorts of things.

Best
Urs

> Cheers,
> Kieren.
>
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