Re: barchecks in lyrics mode confused by rests

[Trevor Daniels]

Mark Polesky wrote Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:02 PM

> I just found a problem with an old doc-commit of mine
> (0a8cfef, from May 7 2010).  I implicitly endorsed using
> barchecks in the lyrics input (see LM 2.3.1 "Setting simple
> songs").  Unfortunately, when the measure following a
> barcheck starts with a rest, a "barcheck failed" warning
> results, which is unsatisfactory:
>
> I suppose the options are:
>
> 1) remove the lyrics-barchecks from the docs, and mention
>   (somewhere) that barchecks do not work in lyrics input.
> 2) make barchecks work in lyrics mode (i.e. with rests).
>
> I prefer #2 -- I think it's a valuable feature to have.  But
> as I've implied recently, I'm too busy at the moment to be
> getting my hands dirty with LilyPond patches, though I do
> have enough time to start discussions.  Should I file an
> "Enhancement" issue on the tracker?

I'd like to see an issue covering this.  Even if a fix
is a long time coming it is best to have the issue recorded.
I think I'd call this a defect rather than an enhancement,
though.

Trevor