Re: left justifying text over multimeasure rests

[Paul Scott]

Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Paul
>
> Release 11 differs from release 10 in this respect.  IIRC
> release 10 expanded a bar to accommodate text attached to a
> skip note in a multi-measure rest bar.  The R11 NR now says
> at the end of 1.2.2, Writing rests:
>
>   
...
>  Long text is better attached to a
> zero-length skip note preceding the rest, preceded by
> \fatText (turn off again with \emptyText), since this will
> cause the measure to expand to accommodate the length of the
> text.
>   
This is still closer to the center than the left edge of the MMR.  
Unless there is a use for this I would remove it from the NR.
> "Text attached to a skip note in this way is left-aligned to
> the position where the note would be placed in the bar, and
> placed above the bar count numeral,
That seems self contradictory.
>  but because the bar
> length is determined by the length of the text, the text
> will appear to be centered. If two (or more) texts are
> attached to skip notes in a bar the bar length is determined
> by the longer text, and the shorter text is then clearly
> left-aligned, as shown in the second bar above. If the
> shorter text of two marks is short enough to fit it will be
> placed alongside and to the left of the bar count numeral."
>   
1. I'm not finding this in the online docs.

2. It is quite complicated.

3. Is it useful to anyone?
> Does this explain your problem?
>   
Maybe, if I could understand it.

I clearly should check out Mats' suggestion as meeting my needs.

Thanks,

Paul