Re: duplicate dynamics on same staff

[Vicente Solsona]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:19:05 +0200, James Wilkinson <address@hidden>  
wrote:
> \version 2.13.31
>
>
> When I put two voices on the same staff that have identical markings
> for dynamics and tempo, Lilypond prints them both, one above the
> other.
[...]
> Back to my original question: if Lilypond can see that one of these
> things needs to be moved, how hard  would it be to have it determine
> that they are identical and just not print one of them?

if the dynamics are the same, it's better to write them just once. thus  
you:

1) save typing
2) help lilypond so it does't need to waste time guessing obvious things  
and it can concentrate on the big stuff :)

you just need to create a third voice with spacers and all the common  
marks, in parallel with the other two:

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\version "2.12.3"   % should also work on 2.13

<<
  \relative c'' {
    a b c d
  } \\
  \relative c' {
    c d e f
  } \\
  {
    s4\f s4\> s4-"and markups too too" s4\p
  }
> >         

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greetings,

Vicente