Re: question about multi measure rests from a blind user

[Daniel Contreras]

Hello David and Trever, 
Pardon me if I miss spelled your name. So… what exactly does 
\compressFullBarRests do? Here is what I tried to do: 
\score { 
\new Staff { 
… music …. \compressFullBarRests R1*32 … more music } 
\layout { } 
} 

Is there anything that I am missing to accomplish the engraving of a multi 
measure rest with a “32 above it? 
On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:14 AM, Trevor Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> David Kastrup wrote Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:24 AM
> 
>> \compressFullBarRests is probably named a bit confusingly: LilyPond
>> merely refrains from uncompressing the rests then, but it does not
>> actively compress them.
> 
> It is poorly named, but for a different reason.  \compressFullBarRests
> merely sets 'skipBars to #t, which causes bar lines and bars to be 
> suppressed for any rest or note which extends over several bars.  See
> 
> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3687
> 
> There is a music function \compressMMRests available from
> Release 2.19.20 and later whose action is strictly limited 
> to multi-measure rests.  It is likely \compressFullBarRests 
> will be deprecated at some time, or more likely renamed to 
> better indicate its true action.
> 
> Trevor