Thanks for the answer, that works for me. Also, I understand the explanation why it is difficult to automatically resolve the collisions with multi-measure-rests. But I hope that it is at least a long time goal of the lilypond developers to handle that case automatically.
~Michael On Thursday 05 October 2006 08:23, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > I would rather recommend to set the staff-position property: > moveRestUp = \once \override MultiMeasureRest #'staff-position = #6 > moveRestDown = \once \override MultiMeasureRest #'staff-position = #-6 > > The default in \voiceTwo (i.e. in the second voice of a <<{...} \\ > {...}>> construct) > is that staff-position is set to -4 for MultiMeasureRest. > > Since these rests are typeset centered between the bar lines, it would > require > significant effort for LilyPond to figure out which other notes it might > collide > with (all the current collision handling between notes and between notes > and rests, is only done for notes and rests that occur on the same beat). > > /Mats > > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi, Michael: > > > > HTH, > > Kieren. > > > > \version "2.8.6" > > > > moveRestUp = \once \override MultiMeasureRest #'Y-offset = #4 > > moveRestDown = \once \override MultiMeasureRest #'Y-offset = #-5 > > theMusic = \relative > > { > > << {c4 c c c} \\ { \moveRestUp R1 } >> \break > > << {c4 c c c} \\ { \moveRestDown R1 } >> \break > > } > > > > \score > > { > > \theMusic > > } > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- "Mit Mathematikern ist kein heiteres Verhältnis zu gewinnen." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user