Re: RFC: text around systems

[Mats Bengtsson]

Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the -user-fr list, Valentin has expressed a need regarding a new
> way of inserting text in a piece (he needs this for the opera of his
> that he's typesetting).
>
> /==========================
> |==========================
> \==========================
> Some very large, multi line
> scenic annotation between
> two systems of a piece
> /==========================
> |==========================
> \==========================
>
> Using TextScripts or RehearsalMarks is not satifying, for it's not
> possible to automatically align against the left margin. I may be
> missing another option.
What's wrong with the following solution?
\relative{
\override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbols = #'(left-edge 
staff-bar)
\override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
\mark "Text aligned at the left edge"
c d e f
}

   /Mats