Re: forcing bar number events

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Is it possible to make bar number `10' visible automatically?
>> Looking up the documentation, it seems that a bar number gets
>> printed only if there is a bar line, and \compressFullBarRests
>> prevents that...
> 
> I don't think this is a good idea.  How would the reader know at
> which moment during the MMR the tenth bar begins?  Also, imagine a
> 50-bar MMR.  where all these numbers would go?

It seems that I wasn't clear enough what I want to achieve.  In your
example I want the 50-bar MMR broken into 5-bar MMRs, with proper bar
numbers inbetween.

> What we should do in my opinion is print a /range/ of barnumbers
> when a MMR appears, something like in the attachment.  That would be
> awesome and very useful. (and btw, i think Finale has that feature).

Mhmm, this doesn't suite my use-case since I want to have large, boxed
bar numbers, serving as cheap rehearsal numbers.


    Werner