Re: Fit measure to markup

[Gérard Degrez]

Phil Holmes <mail <at> philholmes.net> writes:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gérard Degrez" <gerard.degrez <at> yahoo.fr>
> To: <lilypond-user <at> gnu.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:16 PM
> Subject: Fit measure to markup
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > For an orchestral part that I am typesetting, I want to put a markup (Poco 
> > rit.)
> > over a silent measure, but the markup is wider than the measure. Is there 
> > a way
> > to enlarge the measure so that it fits to the markup width?
> >
> 
> This is explained in the Notation Reference section on multi-measure rests. 
> Basically, you need to attach your markup to a spacer rest:
> 
> R2.*7 | s2.*0^\markup { \italic "Poco rit." } R2. |

I had tried this, but it doesn't work.

But I found a workaround by playing with the base-shortest-duration.

Thanks anyway.

Gérard Degrez