Did the trick, thank you very much!
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, 16:13 Aaron Hill, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2020-10-19 12:00 am, Adam Griggs wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> > This has me stumped. I've been digging for hours.
> >
> > \version "2.21.7"
> >
> > global = {
> > \skip 1*24
> > \mark \default
> > \skip 1*12
> > \mark \default
> > \skip 1*12
> > }
> >
> > music = \relative c'' {
> > \compressMMRests
> > R1*48
> > }
> >
> > \new Staff << \global \music >>
> >
> >
> > Why does multi-measure rest compression fail after the first rehearsal
> > mark?
>
> That seems like a bug or just a limitation of functionality. I suspect
> the logic for \compressMMRests tries to compress the R1*48 as much as it
> can but does not split it into multiple such rests.
>
>
> > I also tried:
> >
> > music = \relative c'' {
> > \compressMMRests
> > R1*24
> > R1*12
> > R1*12
> > }
> >
> > No go.
>
> \compressMMRests is a function that operates on music that follows.
> Your usage above only applies to the R1*24.
>
> The solution is to use the function at a more top-level scope.
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> global = {
> \skip 1*24
> \mark \default
> \skip 1*12
> \mark \default
> \skip 1*12
> }
>
> music = \compressMMRests {
> R1*24
> R1*12
> R1*12
> }
>
> \new Staff << \global \music >>
> %%%%
>
> -- Aaron Hill
>
>
