Re: layout questions

[Mike Solomon]

David,
    Do the rehearsal marks get pushed up for every setting of
self-alignment-X?  If you can find an alignment that obviates the problem,
that seems like it might work.
    Alternatively, the \textLengthOn command defined as:

textLengthOn = {
  \override TextScript #'extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 0)
  \override TextScript #'extra-spacing-height = #'(-inf.0 . +inf.0)
}

with \textLengthOff as:

textLengthOff = {
  \override TextScript #'extra-spacing-width = #'(+inf.0 . -inf.0)
  \override TextScript #'extra-spacing-height = #'(0 . 0)
}

Perhaps playing with these two properties individually would do the trick?

Cheers,
Mike

On 11/15/10 5:36 AM, "David Bobroff" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm typesetting from an ugly hand-written part.  It's a trombone part to
> an orchestral piece and, therefor, consists largely of multi-measure
> rests.  I'm using the contruct:
> 
> \textLengthOn
> s1*0^\markup{ whatever }
> R1*X
> 
> ...to stretch the multi-measure rests to fit the length of the markup.
> So far, so good.  In some cases, however, rehearsal marks are being
> "pushed" up out of the way of some of these markups.  I've tried
> sneaking the global font size down and increasing the number of
> systems.  This seems to have fixed some/much of the problem.  I would
> like a way to have them all at the default distance from the staff ( =
> one staff space?).  I'm not sure where to find my answer.  Should I be
> tweaking the length of individual multi-rests?  Should I be adding
> side-padding to the markups?  Is this a job for outside-staff-priority?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
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