[JW Lua] Fastest method for converting real whole rests to default whole rests

[Robert Patterson]

Without access to the Framework's implementation source code it is
difficult to guess where the bottleneck is at the PDK level. However, a
likely explanation is that the lua code is creating a TGF (expensive) for
every layer in every FCCell to check if there are any notes. The first
thing I would try is loading FCCellFrameHold on each cell. If there isn't
one for the cell, you don't have to check for entries because it's already
a default whole rest.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 3:53 AM Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> what is the fastest method in removing a whole rest and thus creating the
> "default whole rest" look?
>
> I noticed that the standard Finale plug-in "Change to Default Whole Rests"
> works super-fast while all JW Lua methods that I tested can take several
> seconds (even more than a minute) if run on huge scores with thousands of
> empty measures.
> I have tested it with:
>
> FCNoteEntryLayer:DeleteAllRestFrames()
> FCNoteEntryLayer:DeleteAllNullEntries()
> FCNoteEntryLayer:ClearAllEntries()
> FCNoteEntryCell:ClearFrame()
> FCNoteEntryCell:DeleteAllNullEntries()
> FCNoteEntryCell:DeleteEntry()
>
> Maybe I did something wrong, but I wonder why it is so slow and the Finale
> plug-in so fast.
> Any ideas?
>
> Best,
> Jan
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