On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:38:10 -0400 Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Shane, > > > one would think that might cause more difficult > > programming necessitating the keeping tracking of various R values > > through out the piece as defined by a time signature as opposed to us > > setting the value, which probably would also slow down lilypond having > > to parse and hang on to that extra undeclared information. > > Possibly — that's exactly why I posted the question. > > > But I do believe making sure the user is > > forced to think out the value of R duration is probably more useful > > than any minimal convenience, especially as Joram points out that > > would make r and R functionality divergent. > > r and R functionality is already divergent (e.g., placement) — so that's > hardly an additional concern at this point. Actually Kieren's suggestion would cause this divergence to reflect more the traditional engraving practice. Actually a full (multi) measure rest is just a symbol representing _one measure_, regardless of its actual length. Urs > > Best, > Kieren. > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
