Re: \override #'minimum-length not working

[Paul Scott]

David Bobroff wrote:

> In the following excerpt I am trying to make the 17 measure rest wide
> enough to accomodate the \markup.  I've tried setting this value to
> ridiculously large values to try to get a response from Lilypond.  It is
> having zero effect.  Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Lilypond 1.7.18 (latest CVS)
>
> -David Bobroff
>
>
>     quarterStem = \markup \combine
>         \musicglyph #"flags-stem"
>         \translate #'(0.0 . 3.5) \musicglyph #"flags-u"
>     quarterNote = \markup
>         \override #'(word-space . 0.0)
>         { \musicglyph #"noteheads-2"
>           \translate #'(-0.05 . 0.1) \quarterStem }
>
> \score{\notes \relative c {
>         \property Score.skipBars = ##t
>    \time 2/4
>         R2*9
>         \mark 24
>         \bar "||"
>         \time 6/8
>         \property Staff.MultimeasureRest \override #'minimum-length = #40
Works fine when I correct the typo above: MultimeasureRest  ->  
MultiMeasureRest

Paul Scott