Re: manually set visual size of a measure

[Urs Liska]

Am 8. Dezember 2014 14:12:20 MEZ, schrieb Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
>Hi Andrew,
>
>> It seems frustrating to be defeated by a composer with a pencil and a
>ruler.
>
>Only if you think computers are better than humans…   ;)
>
>In any case, why not just have a second voice with a hidden
>MultiMeasureRest, and force the length (x-extent) of that?
>I’ve used that trick many times before — it gives you almost total
>control over the width of a given measure.
>(The only limitation is that you can’t use it force a measure to be
>*smaller* than the content demands.)
>
>Hope this helps!
>Kieren.

Sounds great, I'll check it out ASAP.
I've been thinking about a way to overlay a score on its manuscript (for the 
new manuscript viewer in Trescobaldi)...

Urs

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