Re: spacing of invisible rests

[William Rehwinkel]

Dear Jaime,

If you mean silent rests such as s4, s8 etc. I thought those do not 
actually take up any space, and are analogous to using \skip for that 
duration. As in the following example:

\version "2.24.1"

<<
  \new Staff {
    c'1 c'1
  }
  \new Staff {
    \repeat unfold 128 { s128 }
  }
>>

As for how to make measures longer, I usually override the 
NoteHead.extra-spacing-width (or same, for Rest) property to add more 
horizontal space before or after a note, but I'm not sure that will be 
the best option here.

-William

On 3/24/23 17:56, Jaime Oliver wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to control the amount of space that s events take on each 
> bar so that I can make some bars longer. Is there a way I can specify 
> this? Also, some bars which have values like R1 are also really short, 
> how can I make those longer?
>
> In other words, is there a way to make bars visually longer even if they 
> show empty space?
>
> I have tried things like the one below but have not had good results
> \layout{
>     \context {
>          \Score
>                    proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/32)
>                    \override SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = 
> #(ly:make-moment 1/32)
>                    \override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t
>
> I am also attaching a screenshot so you can see the kinds of results I 
> am getting.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jaime
>
> image.png

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