Re: Please implement merge-rests-on-positioning

[Xavier Scheuer]

A recent message on lilypond-user made me remember this request I made.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-08/msg00220.html


On 11 June 2010 17:25, Graham Percival <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Could you implement the possibility:
>>  \override RestCollision #'positioning-done = #merge-rests-on-positioning
>> described in http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336
>> _directly_ into LilyPond?
>
> Patches will be reviewed.

If I knew how to make a patch that would effectively implement this
code into LilyPond, I would have submitted it.

But I don't know!

So please, could a Bug Squad Member add the request I sent on 11th June
to the tracker?

Thanks in advance.


On 11 June 2010 16:27, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Could you implement the possibility:
>  \override RestCollision #'positioning-done = #merge-rests-on-positioning
> described in http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336
> _directly_ into LilyPond?
> So we would not have to define  merge-rests-on-positioning  ourselves,
> each time we want to use this function.
>
> This function _is useful_, as shown by the several messages asking for
> this on lilypond-user:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=Merging+rests+&submit=Search!&idxname=lilypond-user
>
> That would also be great if you could overpass the limitations, i.e.
>
>  – ability to handle more than two voices ;
>  – handle multi-measure/whole-measure rests.
>
> Maybe the following discussion could be helpful in a certain way:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-02/msg00452.html
>
> @Bug Squad:
> Could you add an issue for this on the tracker?
> There is currently no issue about this AFAICS.
>
> Please note there might be a BOUNTY offer, but you should have to check
> since the original message is 3-year-old:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-03/msg00353.html


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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>