Re: Shift & rests

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/1/9, Luc <address@hidden>:
>  I posted this question 2 days ago but I got no response

These things happen :)

> Isn't a pitched rest supposed to
> shift to the right or - vice versa - a chord relative to the rest?

Why would it be shifted to the *right*? the rest and the chord are
simultaneous events, so LilyPond tries to put them vertically aligned.
(Plus, when you do'nt use a pitched rest, as you noticed, there is no
collision).

If you really want to shift your rest to the right, use
\once \override Voice.Rest #'X-offset = #2

beware: you'd better use \once before \override, or else your override
will stay active in the whole score until you type \revert.

Cheers,
Valentin