Re: epsfile include question

[Mats Bengtsson]

Henrik Frisk wrote:
> Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> > Henrik Frisk wrote:
> >
> > > Two questions about the \epsfile statement that I can't find in the 
> > > documentation:
> > > 1. Is it not possible to move the eps graphic? I have tried \raise
> > > without success.
> >
> > You can't move scripts wholesale with \raise. See
> >
> > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Text-markup.html
> >
> > Graham,
>
> A few lines fell out of my first post. I have tried a number of commands apart 
> from \raise which obviously doesn't work. As far as I understand, \translate 
> would be one possible way to move the graphic and I can move it sideways but 
> not up or down. IOW the following moves it to the right but not up:
>
> \markup { \translate #(cons 2 5) \epsfile #"eps/nssffff.eps" }

The example from the 2.4 manual doesn't work out of the box in 2.6.
You have to replace the "" with " " or \hspace #1.0 to give \raise
some object to raise relative to. Of course, a better alternative is
probably to increase the padding:
\once \override TextScript #'padding = #3.0
c^\markup{...}

   /Mats