Re: Style for Editorial Rests

I asked this question in May:
On Thu, 7 May 2026, Gabriel Ellsworth wrote:

> What are best practices for indicating which rests in a LilyPond score
> are editorial?
>

For the full message:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-05/threads.html#00080


I think I have just figured out a possible “best” answer to my own question:
*a comma over rests that represent editorial early releases*.

I think that the following is a better solution than any of the four
approaches that I had proposed in my previous message.

I welcome thoughts if you have any!

Gabriel

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%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.27.1"

\markup \override #'(line-width . 53) \wordwrap {
  In this score,
  if the rest is an editorial
  early release, a comma is printed
  over the rest glyph:
}

\fixed c' {


*  % If the original source had a whole note  % (the quarter rest is an
editorial  % early release):*
  d2.
  r4-\tweak TextScript.self-alignment-X #CENTER
    % (the default is #LEFT or #-1)
    -\tweak TextScript.parent-alignment-X #CENTER
    % (the default is #LEFT or #-1)

*    ^\markup { \musicglyph "comma" }*  |



*  % If the original source has the rest,  % then do *not* print a comma:*
b2. r4 |
}
%%%  SNIPPET ENDS