Re: dynamics contexts

[james]

On Sep 9, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Phil Holmes wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james" <address@hidden>
> To: "lilypond-user Mailinglist" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 3:57 PM
> Subject: dynamics contexts
> 
> 
>> Perhaps I don't understand the purpose of the dynamics context. I've been 
>> using them to align all dynamic marks on a single line, however, I don't see 
>> how to control whether the dynamics are place above or below the staff. For 
>> example:
>> \version "2.17.2"
>> 
>> \score {
>>  <<
>>     \new Staff = "tset" \relative c' { c4 b d c e d f e}
>>     \new Dynamics {
>>        \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "text"
>>        s4\startTextSpan s1_\< s4\! s_\p s\stopTextSpan
>>     }
>>  >>
>> }
>> \score {
>>  <<
>>     \new Staff = "tset" \relative c' { c4 b d c e d f e }
>>     {
>>        \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "text"
>>        s4\startTextSpan s1_\< s4\! s_\p s\stopTextSpan
>>     }
>>  >>
>> }
>> 
>> The former has the problem that the spanner is printed on top of the 
>> dynamics, and the latter has the problem that the dynamics are not aligned. 
>> Is it possible to get output similar to the latter, but with the dynamics 
>> aligned better?
> 
> 
> Could you confirm that what you actually want is the text - - - - mark above 
> the stave, with the dynamics below the stave and all aligned vertically?
> 
> --
> Phil Holmes 
Yes. I want the text spanner above the staff, and the dynamics below the staff, 
and the dynamics below the staff (and ideally any text spanners above) should 
be aligned vertically.