You guessed right, Kevin. It's defined in "ly/property-init.ly":
compressFullBarRests = \set Score.skipBars = ##t
- Abraham
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Kevin Barry [via Lilypond] <
ml-node+s1069038n173568...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Mark Knoop <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=173568&i=0>> wrote:
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>> { \time 2/4 c'4 c'1 c'4 } % 3 bars, 2nd of which is empty
>>
>> { \time 2/4 c'4 c'2 c'4 } % 2 bars, neither of which is empty
>>
>
> At best I would consider these to be non-standard notation. At worst I'd
> say it's incorrect. It's possible to write a note value longer than a bar,
> but I don't think there is an accepted standard for notating that, except
> for connecting smaller note values with ties. And as I said before I have
> never seen it in a score (do you have any examples?).
>
> skipBars is introduced in the Learning Manual (3.4.5 Scores and parts)
>> as a way of condensing multi-measure rests. Its only references in the
>> Manuals are regarding this function. I suspect its impact on notes
>> crossing barlines is either unintended or at least not thought through
>
>
> It's just used there as an example of a context property. I agree that its
> behaviour for notes rather than rests might not be thought through (but it
> /is/ mentioned in the IR so it may not be unintended). Normally full-bar
> rests are condensed with \compressFullBarRests (which probably just sets
> skipBars to #t, but I didn't check).
>
> I can't imagine a situation where the current behaviour would be
>> desirable (silently hiding a barline thus changing the length of a bar)
>> and it would certainly seem to be a very different use case than
>> condensing multi-measure rests.
>
>
> I think the default behaviour (without touching skipBars) is ok, and agree
> that there's no apparent need for it to affect notes (the possible scenario
> with long notes and short empty bars seems implausible). So perhaps
> skipBars could be changed to only affect rests, or at the very least a
> different context property could be used as an example in the learning
> manual (or both).
>
> I verified that \compressFullBarRests does indeed affect notes as well, so
> if you want to file a bug report then perhaps proceed on that basis.
>
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