centering full-measure objects (notes and/or rests)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hello all,

I have a single chord in the last measure of my piece — unfortunately, it isn’t 
centered by default:

\version "2.19.15"
testing = { c''4 c'' c'' c'' | c''1 \bar "|." }
\layout { ragged-right = ##f }
\score { \testing }

1. How can I fix this? In the archives, I found this thread 
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-12/msg00264.html>; but I 
couldn’t access the attachment (it downloads as a binary file which doesn’t 
decompress into anything readable on my machine).

2. Why is this not Lilypond’s default behaviour? As I understand it, 
traditional engraving practice is to centre full-measure objects (notes and/or 
rests) in *any* measure of a piece, as long as all staves in the current system 
consist of only full-measure objects (notes and/or rests).

Thanks,
Kieren.
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
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