[abcusers] 6 against 4 (again?)

[Simandl124]

Hi,

If my posts from Thursday and Friday on this subject have been received,
please forgive the redundancy. I have seen neither the original messages nor
any replies appear on abcusers, so it seems that my messages never got
through.

In 4/4 time, hornpipe rhythm, what is the best way in abc to notate a bar
containing six rests and notes of equal duration? If there were no rests,
(3aaa (3aaa would suffice. But if I change any of those notes to rests, e.g.,
(3zaa (3azz, yaps issues several errors and renders the measure as if it were
in 5/4 time.

Incidentally, are rests in the midst of tuples ever seen in professionally
printed sheet music, or are they somehow considered "bad form"? If bad form,
what would be the correct way to display this sort of rhythm?

- Matt