Re: Multi-measure rests and mark collisions ...

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On 23/04/2016 12:23, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Wol,
>
> > if I use "extra-spacing-width" (which iirc works fine with
> > multi-measure-rests), as soon as I have another part which actually has
> > some notes in the first bar of the MMR, that first bar will be the same
> > width as the markup so that then looks awful
> \textLengthOff
>
> ?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Kieren.
BRILLIANT (but not the way you intended :-)

As far as I can tell, \textLengthOff is the default, but I looked it up 
in the manual, and found out how to attach a markup to a zero-length 
note! Just attach it to an empty chord!

So instead of doing "s4\markup s2. s1*7", I can simply do "<>\markup 
s1*8", and that stops my multi-measure-rests mucking up. (I think I'd 
found that before ages ago, but forgotten it ...)

I'll need to play a bit more, but that's another niggle fixed ... :-)

Cheers,
Wol