Re: offset not working

[Kris Shaffer]

It's not always necessary, but regularly in orchestral parts, you will  
have a new tempo or expression mark over each of several adjacent  
multirests (especially with the overly verbose German composers like  
Strauss and Mahler).  So it would come in handy for me...

Kris

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:36:57 -0400, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> Kris Shaffer wrote:
> > > Why can't LilyPond figure out the length of the text itself?
> > > Maybe a new feature somebody wants to sponsor?
> > That would be a very helpful and time-saving feature, especially when   
> > producing orchestral parts.  How much would it be worth?  I'd be  
> > willing  to contribute a modest amount if a few others wanted to join  
> > in as well.
>
> It's not clear to me that the mm-rest text should be kept between the  
> barlines. Of course, I can have a look into the cost of such a  
> modification.



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Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
www.shaffermusic.com