Re: [Spam] Partcombine with rests

[David Kastrup]

Rutger Hofman <address@hidden> writes:

> On 20-04-18 08:46, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> in the following example
>>
>> \version "2.19.80"
>>
>> One = \relative d'' {
>>    R1
>>    r8 d4 e8 f4
>> }
>>
>> Two = \relative g' {
>>    R1
>>    r4 e4 d2
>> }
>>
>> \new Staff \partcombine \One \Two
>
> As the docs state, the decision about which partcombiner mode to
> choose (Apart, Chords, SoloI, SoloII) is hard, and can frequently
> mismatch with the user's expectations. In that case, it is OK to
> specify the mode yourself.

That's a bit of a euphemism.  The main problem is that the part combiner
is really stupid with regard to dealing with note ends (basically it
doesn't): its operation is very much focused on note starts instead.  It
also does not have much of a notion of rests.

More often than not, it's not really a question of which rendering
should be chosen for best results but rather how to give the abysmally
stupid part combiner the right hints for doing a job it should have
"obviously" done by itself in the first place.

-- 
David Kastrup