Re: Rehearsal Mark positioning

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:


    Han-Wen> Rehearsal marks are always put on bar lines (between notes). This 
    Han-Wen> reflects standard practice AFAIK.

It can't be standard practice in music without barlines, though.  Or
in music in general if they're at a point where there isn't a
barline.  

    Han-Wen> You could write a new engraver (or adapt the existing 
mark-engraver)
    Han-Wen> to wait for note heads, and tack the X position of the mark onto 
the
    Han-Wen> last note head. However, such an approach will still get wrong 
results
    Han-Wen> if the \marks in a score are not synchronised between different
    Han-Wen> staffs.

That you'd expect; they're called rehearsal marks because you use them
at a rehearsal to tell all the parts to start at the same point.  So I
always put them at a point where all the parts are starting a note (or
rest) at the same time, even when it's hard to find a point like this.
But if there aren't bars, I don't see what they could be attached to
besides a note.  And if they're attached to a note, I would think they
should be positioned relative to the note.

Maybe it would be easier for me to figure out a way to put a counter
in the normal ^"text..." kind of syntax.

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