Re: multiple \mark items on a single measure

[Stephen]

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From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden>
To: "Kieren Richard MacMillan" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Stephen" <address@hidden>; "User's List LilyPond" 
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: multiple \mark items on a single measure


> On 26-May-06, at 10:34 AM, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote:
>
> > Stephen:
> >
> > > My first reponse is of course you can have only one mark per barline.
> >
> > Let's say I want a rehearsal letter (e.g., "K") over a barline and then 
> > in the following measure have a tempo change markup -- an unbelievably 
> > common occurrence, appearing many times in nearly every orchestral score 
> > I own.
> >
> > Sounds like more trouble than it *should be* in Lilypond...
>
> I agree; also note that the end of one system and the beginning of the 
> next system are the same bar line.  In other words, you can't print one 
> \mark at the end of a line and have a different \mark at the beginning of 
> the next line.  (such as "Fine" "Trio" in a minute and tiro)

The shared barline is also behind the problem in the thread entitled, Mixed 
Questions. You can't have a double bar line at the end of a system and a 
repeat barline at the start of the next. The trick is that these are 
exceptions that assume a break at a specific place. The fix would involve 
changing Lilypond's bar-line behaviour based on where the breaks are placed.

Stephen

> - Graham