\override MultiMeasureRest.expand-limit = 1
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/internals/multimeasurerest
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:51 AM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I'm looking at the Notation Reference regarding \compressMMRests.
>
> I see "R2.*2" (I want 3 bars, cool).
>
> I tried "R2.*3", which does not generate a single rest, but a pair of
> rests.
>
> I tried "R1*3/4*3", but it generates the same two rests.
>
> I have four screenshots attached:
> the first two are to show the problem specifically;
> the second two are the complete original file abd my engraving (so far);
> The fifth is my Lilypond code (so far).
>
> Code snippet:
>
> \compressMMRests { R1*3/4*3 }
>
> This is not what the manual shows.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Using Lilypond 2.22.2, MacOS, homebrew.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott
>
