Sorry, you have to set the property in the Staff context, not in the Voice context, since the Multi_measure_rest_engraver lives in the Staff context:
\override Staff.MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1
/Mats
Benjamin Esham wrote:
On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:04 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
To see what I'm talking about, take a look at the first example image in the
"Multi measure rests" section of the user manual. The 17-measure rest is as
I described it above, while the 4-measure rest is displayed differently. I'm
trying to get all of the multi-measure rests to be displayed like the 17-
measure example (as I said, this seems to be the standard in every concert
band piece I've seen).
If you look at the section on Multimeasure rests in the on-line manual and look at the end of the page, you will find a link to the detailed program reference for the MultiMeasureRest object. In the list of properties that can be set, you can find one called expand-limit, which you can set to a lower value, for example \override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1
A hint about this property can also be found in the example multi-measure-rest.ly in the Regression Tests document (which is an invaluable source of examples and information, together with the Tips and Tricks document).
I looked at the documentation for the MultiMeasureRest object, as well as multi-measure-rest.ly, but the only thing I found was what you gave me: \override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1 and that didn't seem to work (I tried values of #2 and #3). There didn't seem to be any difference-- the >10 measure rests were printed as church rests, and the smaller ones were printed as breve rests.
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