Re: Rests in polyphonic and simple music in the same staff in LilyPond version 2.18.2.

[Jay Anderson]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> wrote:
> it seems that there is some interest in integrating your scheme engraver for
> merged rests into Lilypond core. Do you mind this idea? If not, are you
> interested in submitting a patch for review yourself, or do you want someone
> to take care of it?

That'd be great as long as its behavior is acceptable for general use
and it has a few regression tests. I believe there were still some
outstanding questions around killing some of the rest grobs (the
solution I had was to overlap them). Any attached text would need to
be re-parented to the surviving grob. That said, I don't think
handling this will affect the ending result of what's visible on the
page. It's a performance/cleanliness issues which could be fixed
later.

I'm not sure I'm up for getting the patch through (I've never gone
through the process). I'll most likely have some next week time to
refresh my memory how it works, clean it up, document it, and create
some tests. Beyond that I'd need some guidance.

> Thanks and merry holidays,
> Alexander

Thanks and same to you.

-----Jay