Re: question about multi measure rests from a blind user

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:24 AM

> \compressFullBarRests is probably named a bit confusingly: LilyPond
> merely refrains from uncompressing the rests then, but it does not
> actively compress them.

It is poorly named, but for a different reason.  \compressFullBarRests
merely sets 'skipBars to #t, which causes bar lines and bars to be 
suppressed for any rest or note which extends over several bars.  See

https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3687

There is a music function \compressMMRests available from
Release 2.19.20 and later whose action is strictly limited 
to multi-measure rests.  It is likely \compressFullBarRests 
will be deprecated at some time, or more likely renamed to 
better indicate its true action.

Trevor