Re: Full measure rest should take more horizontal space

[Janek Warchoł]

Wow, i'm CCed! Why?

2011/7/31 Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> In my everyday use of LilyPond I am often annoyed by the fact that
> —especially in "tighter situations"— full measure rests take very
> little horizontal space, hence their measure width are much more
> *compressed* than neighbouring measures.
> This results in IMHO poor output.

I think i agree that full measure rest should take the same amount of
space as full measure note.

> I do not know what "engraving references" say about the horizontal
> _measure width_ in the case of "full measure rest" but I would have
> expected a full measure rest to take as much horizontal space as the
> corresponding-duration note (full measure-duration note).
> Someone could confirm this?

The only way of confirmation that comes to my mind (as i don't have
any engraving books) is to go to imslp.org, click 'random page' 30
times and see what appears... It is a very brutal method.

cheers,
Janek