PATCH: Add merge-rest function

[James Lowe]

http://codereview.appspot.com/4005046/

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-----Original Message-----
From: Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:58:26 +0100
To: Wilbert Berendsen <address@hidden>, lilypond-devel
<address@hidden>, "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
Subject: Issue 1228: 5-month-old PATCH

>Hi there,
>
>I see Graham doing the "housekeeping" in old (pending) PATCHES related
>to open issues.
>One issue that I'm following that has a pending PATCH for 5 months now.
>
>Issue 1228: \override RestCollision #'positioning-done =
>#merge-rests-on-positioning
>http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1228
>
>I already tried to "raise" this up 6 weeks ago.
>I do not know if you guys are waiting for a reviewer or somebody to
>push it, or I don't know...
>but if somebody could have a look at this I would be grateful.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Cheers,
>Xavier



James