Re: Some random lilypond questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

Graham Percival wrote:
> On 10-Aug-04, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote:
>
> > - Are there any plans to make text markups "smarter" with regards to
> > collisions?  In a score I typeset recently, about half of the text 
> > markups
> > collided with something or other.  Will these just have to be tweaked by
> > hand, or will markups eventually get smarter?
>
>
> I'm not aware of any immediate plans -- that's the primary use of
> \once \override #'padding = #'foo
> in my scores.

See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2004-08/msg00047.html

> I'd especially like to improve text markups that go with dynamics -- like
> "p dolce".  Currently I have to either do
>
> d4\p d_\markup{ \italic dolce}
>
> which looks a bit odd, especially with different rhythms, or
>
> \once \override TextScript #'extra-offset (foo . bar)
> d4\p\markup{ \italic dolce}
>
> which involves a lot of guessing for the values of foo and bar.  :(

I mostly use d4_\markup{\dynamic p \italic dolce }
which handles the internal alignment neatly. However, you still have
the next question:

> - Can a \sffz dynamic command be added?  One can make this using text
> markups, but it seems like the "real" dynamic markings are more
> horizontally centered on the notes than the markups.

This is unfortunately not answered in the documentation, but if you
take a look at the file
/usr/share/lilypond/2.x.x//ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly
you can see how the currently available dynamic markings are defined.

> > - What is the "preferred" way to organize a .ly file containing more than
> > one \score (e.g., multiple movements)?  I'm using this right now, but I
> > wanted to see if there was some kind of preferred way of doing it.
>
>
> I'd say that lilypond-book is the "preferred" method.  :)
>
> The question of organizing large works crops up every few months here, and
> I've been swayed to the side of those who say that lilypond-book is the
> answer to all problems.  :)
> It takes a while to get used to it, but once you've completed one or two
> projects with it, you won't want to go back.  Just like Lilypond, in fact.

As far as I understand, better support for multiple scores in a single
.ly file is one of the main improvements in the experimental 2.3.x
versions, which seems to be what Benjamin is already using.

    /Mats