hairpins to end-of-measure

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> [ Mac OS X 10.2.8;  Lilypond 2.0.1 ]
> 
> Hello, all --
> 
> I'm trying to engrave hairpins which end at the end of a measure (i.e., 
> rather than the downbeat of the following measure), and was wondering 
> two things:
> 
> 1. Is there a shorter way of getting the hairpins to extend to the very 
> end of the measure than to use a bunch of \skip durations?

No.

> 2. If not, does the addition of all those \skip durations affect the 
> spacing of the measure at all? (From an informal visual survey, I would 
> say no, but I'd like confirmation/proof.)

I actually don't know. Proper dynamics are in the todo-list in the
back of my mind. If you want to be sure that spacing is affected, you
can add some (transparent) rests.

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