[Denemo-devel] Semantics of markup_before/after

[Richard Shann]

I want to change the semantics of the markup_before/after fields, before
the release.
At present, what you put in this field is surrounded by \markup { },
which limits its use.
 I've have just realized this part of the score block can be used for
other things, in particular short pieces can be printed on successive
pages without the short piece being spread out to fill the page (a
feature called ragged-bottom).
For this you put
\paper {ragged-bottom=##t} in the movement properties markup_before
but, of course, this only works if Denemo does not surround the text
with \markup{}
I think this is useful enough to warrant getting it in before we have to
face backward compatibility issues (markup_before/after has not been
released yet). You can, of course, still put markup there (e.g. for
Title pages) but you have to insert the \markup{} yourself.
If there are no objections, I will go ahead, and put in a template for
ragged-bottom on movements.
Richard