Re: Problem with 2.6.5.1 (stable, I'm told)

[Graham Percival]

On 18-Mar-06, at 8:17 PM, Al wrote:

> gis'4 fis'4 e'8 dis'4 cis'2. r2 r8 a'8 a'8 a'8 a'8 gis'8 fis'8 e'8
> dis'8 e'4 e'4 dis'4 dis'8 cis'1
>
> and I'm using "Completion_heads_engraver" for automatic ties.

I recommend that you read chapter 4 in the new 2.7 documentation.  
Specifically, re-write this as one bar per line.  (I know you're using 
automatic ties, but...

gis4 fis e8 dis cis8 ~ |
cis2 ~ cis8 r4.  |  (tied over rest)
r8 r8 a8 a a a g fis  |
blah blah

> As far as I can tell, I'm doing nothing wrong. Is this fixed in a
> later release? I'd rather not download a developmental release unless
> I know it's fixed my problem (if, indeed, there is a problem and it's
> not me being stupid).

The problem is that rests don't get tied over with completion_heads.  
I'm tempted to say that this isn't a lilypond problem.  :)
(to other people: this is documented in 2.7)

IMO, completion_heads produces more problems than it solves.  Sure, the 
automatic ties are nice, but writing ~ isn't such a pain once you get 
used to it.  And if you insert a few bar line checks | every couple of 
bars, you can avoid a lot of problems.

Cheers,
- Graham