Re: Multimeasure rest shape and polymeter

[Adam M. Griggs]

Thanks Jean. Got them working the way I want.

Cheers!

On Mon, 4 Jul 2022, 22:43 Jean Abou Samra, <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:

Le 04/07/2022 à 06:20, Adam M. Griggs a écrit :
> Hello list,
>
> \enablePolymeter seems to be messing with multimeasure rests. In
> particular, MM rests with the shape of a breve rest are being rendered
> as semibreve MM rests. Please see the following code:
>
> \version "2.23.10"
>
> music =
> {
> \time 2/2
> R1*3
> \time 3/1
> R\breve.*2
> \time 2/2
> R1*2
> }
>
> \score
> {
> \new Staff
> <<
> { \skip 1*3 <> ^ "as expected" }
> \music
> \layout {}
> }
>
> \score
> {
> \new Staff
> <<
> <> ^ "\enablePolymeter"
> { \skip 1*3 <> ^ "semibreve rests" }
> \music
> \layout { \enablePolymeter }
> }
>
> Is there a workaround for this?
>
> Thank you.


I agree that it's a bug. I've filed

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6378

See there for a possible workaround.

Best,
Jean