Re: Access (order) overlapping markups in a system

[David Nalesnik]

Hi Urs,

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> In this sample:
>
> \version "2.19.48"
>
> {
>   c2 ^\markup "First markup"
>   c2 ^\markup "Second markup"
>   c2 ^\markup "Third markup"
> }
>
> The markups are starting at the staff and when overlapping are printed
> above the preceding one.
>
> Is there a way to have this behaviour reversed so that  they are
> starting at the top and go to the bottom?
>
> I know how to achive the attached result with overriding
> outside-staff-priority, but is there an automatic way that works line by
> line? Or something that can be built with reasonable effort?
>

Try the following:

\version "2.19"

{
  \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.outside-staff-placement-directive
= #'right-to-left-greedy
  c2 ^\markup "First markup"
  c2 ^\markup "Second markup"
  c2 ^\markup "Third markup"
}

Best,
David