Thanks Phil. It does make the layout consistent, but it does so by widening
all measures, and I was trying to find a way to narrow them down to avoid
spilling over to so many pages.

I have a different solution for now involving percent repeats, but the
default layout weirdness is still disconcerting...

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sublimely ugly, but this works:
>
> { c'8[ \hide Rest \repeat unfold 7 r8 c'8 \repeat unfold 7 r8 c'8] \repeat
> unfold 7 r8 }
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Thornock
> To: Lilypond users
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 1:27 PM
> Subject: Re: multimeasuerrest breve too wide
>
>
>
> I found some related ugliness. If the spacers are changed to rests, the
> problem goes away.
>
> <<
>  { c'4 s2. c'4 s2. c'8 s2.. c'16 s2... }
>  { R1*4 }
>
>>
>>>
>
> Using transparent rests won't work for me because I need a beam extending
> over the whole top staff, like so:
>
>
> { c'8[ s2.. c'8 s2.. c'8] s2.. }
>
>
> A rest breaks the beam and a spacer breaks the spacing, so I'm stuck.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Neil Thornock <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> The double whole rest forces the measure too wide in this example, as if
> making room for notes that aren't there. Any ideas how to shorten the
> measure up to be, at least, no longer than the other measures?
>
> <<
>  { c'4 s1.. c'4 s1.. c'4 s1.. }
>  { \time 8/4 c'4 r r2 r1 R\breve c'4 r r2 r1 }
>
>>
>>>
>
>
>
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