Re: Vertical placement of ottava line

[Peter Crighton]

2014-10-05 16:13 GMT+02:00 Thomas Morley <address@hidden>:

2014-10-05 15:45 GMT+02:00 Peter Crighton <address@hidden>:
> Does anybody have more ideas for this (see below)? How can I move the
> beginning and end of OttavaBrackets horizontally, or rather change their
> alignment to the note head?


Maybe try the code below.

Thanks for your help, but that is not what I need anymore. Vertical placement was fixed for me by Pierre a few emails before. (Maybe I confused you with what I quoted.)

I now have this code:

\version "2.19.13"

ottavaLineUp = {

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.stencil = #ly:line-spanner::print

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.bound-details = #`((left . ((Y . 0)

                                                            (stencil-align-dir-y . ,UP)))

                                                   (right . ((Y . 0)

                                                             (text . ,(make-draw-dashed-line-markup (cons 0 -1.2))))))

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.left-bound-info = #ly:line-spanner::calc-left-bound-info-and-text

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.right-bound-info = #ly:line-spanner::calc-right-bound-info

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.minimum-length = ##f

}

ottavaLineDown = {

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.stencil = #ly:line-spanner::print

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.bound-details = #`((left . ((Y . 0)

                                                            (stencil-align-dir-y . ,DOWN)))

                                                   (right . ((Y . 0)

                                                             (text . ,(make-draw-dashed-line-markup (cons 0 1.2))))))

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.left-bound-info = #ly:line-spanner::calc-left-bound-info-and-text

  \override Staff.OttavaBracket.right-bound-info = #ly:line-spanner::calc-right-bound-info

}

#(define-markup-command (topAlign layout props arg)

   (markup?)

   (let* ((mol (interpret-markup layout props arg)))

     (ly:stencil-aligned-to mol Y 1)))

ottavava = {

  \ottavaLineUp

  \ottava #1

  \set Staff.ottavation = \markup \concat \bold \topAlign { "8" \tiny "va" }

}

ottavavb = {

  \ottavaLineDown

  \ottava #-1

  \set Staff.ottavation = \markup \concat \bold { "8" \tiny "vb" }

}

\relative c'' {

  c1

  \ottava #1 c c

  \ottava #-1 c c

  \ottava #0 c

  \ottava #1 c

  \ottava #-1 c

  \break

  \ottava #0 c

  \ottavava c c

  \ottavavb c c

  \ottava #0 c

  \ottavava c

  \ottavavb c

}

This works great for the vertical placement, but horizontal alignment is different than with default \ottava. This leads to a faulty display of the ottavaBracket concerning only one single note.

I’ll attach an image of the problem.

What I am looking for is a way to alter horizontal alignment of the ottavaBracket to the NoteHeads(, which works with the above overrides). So that the 8 begins not at the center of the first note head, but a bit left of it, and the bracket ends not at the center of the last note head, but a bit right of it.

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Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany
http://www.petercrighton.de

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