Re: spacing of invisible rests

[William Rehwinkel]

Dear Jaime,

Try using `\once \hideNotes r<duration>` and before that include

\once \override Rest.extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 50)

Or another value, depending on how much space. As in the following example.

I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what you are looking for, could 
you hook up a minimum example of one such instance without the spacing, 
and describe how you would like space to be added?
-Will

\version "2.24.1"

{
  \once \override Rest.extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 50)
  \once \hideNotes r1
}


On 3/24/23 18:31, Jaime Oliver wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> Indeed what I am after is a s4 that takes some space, I am currently 
> solving it with
>
> things like:
>
> \once \hide Rest  r16 \once \hide Rest r16
> \once \hide Rest  r16 \once \hide Rest r16
>
> which will take some more space, but it is not ideal.
>
> best,
>
> Jaime
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 6:03 PM William Rehwinkel 
> <william@williamrehwinkel.net <mailto:william@williamrehwinkel.net>> wrote:
>
>     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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