Re: caesura

[Paul Scott]

Graham Percival wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 01:05:41 -0700
> Paul Scott <address@hidden> wrote:
>  
>
> > Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > 2. This symbol needs to be in the staff. It usually cuts the top two 
> > lines of the staff. I don't know enough about placing markup or other 
> > marks anywhere I want them. This has caused me difficulty for locating
> > other text needed on basic musical parts.
> >
> > Any more hints?
> >
> > Even though I am not complaining since this is a volunteer project I
> > am surprised that no one has needed this common (to me at least)
> > musical notation.
> >    
>
> I wanted to use this when I was first beginning in Lilypond, but I
> pretty much only knew about the stuff in the tutorial.  I tried using
> ^#"//", but in the end I gave up and wrote it in by hand.  Now I use
> breath marks and fermatas in an attempt to mimic it -- not perfect, but
> it's ok.
Ok.  Maybe we can work something better out here.

> If I wanted to use it now, I'd try using a bold, smaller-font "//" and use
> #'extra-offset to lower it until it covers those lines in the staff.
I may learn something basic about markup here.  Can you give me an 
example about how to move a specific markup with #'extra-offset?  I have 
tried raise without success before.  Also if I can use "//" maybe I can 
use the actual symbol as defined in my previous post in this thread.

> Consult the "fine tuning a piece" portion of the tutorial for more details
> on this.
I've been there many times and have learned a lot but not how to do the 
above.

Thanks,

Paul