I agree that in that case it should be fully compressed, but not in the
first example.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Kieren MacMillan <
kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> > Two separate ones. As an orchestral performer those breaks are often
> used to signify the beginnings of sections to make counting easier, so if
> I'm resting and there are 8 bars of one theme followed by 8 of another, I
> find it much easier to keep my place when it's 8 and 8 instead of 16.
>
> That’s exactly why there are rehearsal marks, markup, cues, spanners,
> etc.: you [can] use them to break up the uninterrupted stretches of
> multi-measure rests — I don’t want to stop that from happening, of course.
>
> I’m simply trying to avoid problems like the one evident in the following
> snippet (where the second score should contain a three-measure MMR):
>
> \version "2.17.97"
>
> theGlobal = {
> \compressFullBarRests
> s1
> s1-\tag #'(foo) -\markup "Foo only"
> s1
> }
>
> theMusic = {
> R1*3
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff \keepWithTag #'(foo) << \theGlobal \theMusic >>
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff \removeWithTag #'(foo) << \theGlobal \theMusic >>
> }
>
> Cheers,
> Kieren.
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