Re: Changing the form of a whole-bar rest

[David Sumbler]

On Sun, 2016-12-04 at 16:02 +0100, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2016-12-04 15:16 GMT+01:00 David Sumbler <address@hidden>:
> > 
> > %%%%%
> > \version "2.19.48"
> > 
> > \language "english"
> > 
> > { \time 4/2 R1*4/2 }
> > %%%%%
> > 
> > The above prints a breve rest in the middle of the bar.
> > 
> > I want the "normal" whole-bar rest to appear instead, i.e. a
> > semibreve
> > rest.
> > 
> > After much experimentation and searching online and in the Lilypond
> > docs, the best I have come up with is
> > 
> > %%%%%
> > \version "2.19.48"
> > 
> > \language "english"
> > 
> > { \time 4/2
> >   \once \override MultiMeasureRest.stencil = #ly:text-
> > interface::print
> >   \once \override MultiMeasureRest.text = \markup \musicglyph
> > "rests.0"
> >   R1*4/2 }
> > %%%%%
> > 
> > This doesn't work correctly, for reasons I can partly
> > understand.  The
> > required rest does appear, but it is at the beginning of the stave
> > rather than in the middle of the bar.
> > 
> > How can I get the result I want?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> there were already some discussions  on the topic.
> Search the archives for 'usable-duration-logs'
> And we have
> https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/3208/
> 
> For your current use-case you could try:
> 
> {
>     \compressFullBarRests
>     \override MultiMeasureRest.usable-duration-logs = #'(0)
>     \time 4/2
>     R1*4/2
>     R1*8/2
> }
> 
> Though, it comes out strange for the second Rest with
> compressFullBarRests, so I'd do \once ...
> 
> HTH,
>   HArm

Thank you very much for that.  In the particular case I needed it for, 
I only need the line

\once \override MultiMeasureRest.usable-duration-logs = #'(0)

David