Re: markup baselines

[Keith OHara]

Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmillan <at> sympatico.ca> writes:

> What would be required to change all markups so that the baseline is the 
> reference point, 

For 'staff-padding, that was the intent, and it seems not-too-hard to repair
the code <http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3026>

> At least for markups that often should be on the same baseline 
> (e.g., MetronomeMark)

However, MetronomeMarks are set in the Score by default, in which case they 
do not listen to staff-padding 
<http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=342>

For tempo signs, the best we can do for now is probably
{ \override Score.MetronomeMark #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-0.5 . 0)
  \tempo "molto rall." b4\p b b b \tempo "Tempo primo" b\f b b b }