Re: Please implement merge-rests-on-positioning

[Ralph Palmer]

Greetings - this has been added as issue #1228,

Ralph

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=Merging+rests+&submit=Search%21&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>
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