Re: multi measure rest bug

[Erik Sandberg]

On Thursday 02 February 2006 12.51, liang seng wrote:
> Hi, I am using Lilypond 2.7.27 for Windows 98. I've found something
> peculiar about the horizontal placement of multi measure rests in the
> presence or absence of time signatures. Here is an example:
> \version "2.7.27"
> \score{
> \new StaffGroup <<
>
> \new Staff {  \key a \major R1 \break R1 }
> \new Staff {  R1 R1 } >>
> }
>
(good & minimal example, btw)
> If you take a look at the 2nd bar, the horizontal placement of the multi
> measure rests between the two staves are slightly different. I think this
> is caused by the presence of the time signature on the first staff. 

The reason is the key signature: in absence of a time signature, the key 
signature affects the alignment of notes in the first bar by default. I think 
this behaviour can be changed with:
\override Score.SpacingSpanner #'average-spacing-wishes = ##f

-- 
Erik Sandberg
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