Re: Making a staff take extra vertical space?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Robert Kennedy wrote:
> > > I wonder, though, how I can get it to appear *below* the chords...
> > >       
> > One method is to typeset the text as a text script instead of using \mark:
> >
> >     | c'4^\markup { \huge \line{ \box "C" \bold "(first time only)" }}
> >
> > Then it will be connected to the stave and therefore the chords
> > will move out of the way automatically.
> >     
>
> I like this suggestion, but unfortunately it seems to demonstrate
> another bug. The chords move out of the way regardless of whether they
> would collide with the text script. The result is a bunch of ugly,
> unnecessary blank space. Thanks for the tip, though.
>
>   
That's also solve in the latest development versions.

  /Mats