Re: coda placement problem

[Mats Bengtsson]

Kenneth Teh wrote:

> I'm having trouble placing the coda symbol.  The
> closest I've come to what I want is reproduced below.
>
>         g2 c,2 | \mark \markup { \small \musicglyph
> #"scripts.coda" }  % mark jump point
>         r8 g'8 af8[ g8] ef4 d4 |
>         c1~ |
>         c1
>         \once \override Score.RehearsalMark
>                 #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible
>         \once \override Score.RehearsalMark
> #'self-alignment-X = #right
>         \mark \markup { \small { "D.S. al Coda" } }
>         \break
>
> 	% coda 
>
>         %\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'extra-offset =
> #'(-3.0 . 3.0)
>         r8^\markup { \raise #3.0 {\huge { \musicglyph
> #"scripts.coda" } } }
>         g'8 af8[ g8] ef4 d4 |
>         r8 g8 af8[ g8] ef4 d4 |
>         r8 g8 af8[ g8] ef4 d4 |
>
> which I gleaned from reading your archives.  The
> problem is that the \raise does not produce an effect.
>  
See
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/Text-markup.html#Text-markup
The recommend solution is to increase the padding property, see also
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/Common-tweaks.html#Common-tweaks

>  If I rewrite the first 2 lines of the coda section
> as
>
>         \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'extra-offset =
> #'(-3.0 . 3.0)
>         r8 \mark \markup { \huge { \musicglyph
> #"scripts.coda" } }
>
> then, the "D.S. al Coda" string in the previous bar is
> affected, not the coda symbol.
>  
Correct, that's what the \once means, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/Layout-tunings-within-contexts.html#Layout-tunings-within-contexts

> I've also tried attaching the "huge coda" to the bar
> line, but this wipes out the "D.S. al Coda" string. 
> I've read you cannot stack 2 rehearsal marks.
>  
If you want to do that, combine them into a single text markup using
\column or \center-align, see the section on Text markup reference
above.

> I prefer the rehearsal mark to a straight text markup
> because I am scoring something for multiple
> instruments.  I write the same rehearsal mark for each
> instrument so that when I generate the parts, the
> codas are reproduced for each part, but in the combo
> score, I see only 1 coda.
>
> A final comment:  Note that I add a break just before
> the coda.  This is because I want the coda section to
> start on a new line.  There is a small coda in an
> earlier bar to mark the "jump" point.  What would
> really be nice is to put the "huge coda" right above
> the clef at the beginning of the line so that the coda
> section is clearly marked.
>  
If you insert the \mark right next to the \break, it will be printed
at the the beginning of the line, at least if you don't fiddle with the
break-visibility property. In version 2.6, it will not be placed exactly
above the clef, but in the latest development version, there is a new
feature that lets you specify if it should be attached to the clef or the
time signature or whatever.

  /Mats