Re: PartcombineApart and overriding rests

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> 2012/10/5 Clément <address@hidden>:
>>> I'm not top posting.
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> PartcombineApart refuses Rest's overrides.
>> In the first Voice, it does nothing. In the second Voice, it crashes.
>> When Rests are merged, no problem.
>> This bug does not affect MultiMeasureRests.
>>
>> \version "2.17.3"
>>
>> partI = \relative c'' {
>>   \partcombineApart
>>   \override Rest #'Y-offset = #4
>>   r2 c4 d r2 r
>> }
>>
>> partII = \relative c' {
>>   \override Rest #'Y-offset = #-4
>>   r2 r r s
>> }
>>
>> \new Staff { \partcombine \partI \partII }
>> \new Staff { \partI }
>> \new Staff { \partII }
>
> Hi Clement,
>
> can confirm your observation.
> But a proper override would use 'staff-position. And it doesn't crash.

Why not used pitched rests instead of overrides?  c'\rest is a rest at
the height of pitch c'.

-- 
David Kastrup