Re: piano centered dynamics

[Jonathan Kulp]

Well, it's not very elegant but it works o.k.  I just override the 
dynamics positioning each time I need it.  I just experimented to find 
the right values.  To make life easier I define the override as a variable:

nuj = \once \override DynamicText #'extra-offset = #'(+1.0 . -0.0)

Then I just go through and put \nuj before each dynamic marking that 
needs a nudge to the right.  If someone can make a fix that will let 
Lilypond avoid the collisions in the first place that'd be amazing. 
What I observe is that the dynamics are placed just fine as long as the 
notes in the music staves have some kind of accidental in front of them. 
 Otherwise they're positioned pretty close to the barline and the 
dynamics below end up colliding with a barline.  Best,

Jon

Valentin Villenave wrote:
> 2008/6/4 Jonathan Kulp <address@hidden>:
> > Well, since no one is going to answer this I guess I'll answer it myself:
> > RTFM (the Learning Manual, that is) :D
>
> I have encountered similar problems with dynamics colliding with
> cross-staff barlines, but I never really found a way to get rid of
> this annoyance.
>
> My best (and only) guess would be to use the classic workaround used for lyrics:
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=356
> i.e. adding the barline engraver to the dynamics context.
>
> But in fact, it didn't work great so far. Please try it and tell us if
> you're luckier than me :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin

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