2015-12-30 15:21 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca>:
> Hi Harm,
>
> You win the interwebs for today! =)
>
> Although I’m only fractionally closer to understanding why certain Lilypond
> things work or don’t (I understand now that overriding the stencil may cause
> certain overrides to fail post-hoc; your comment "Not sure why a direct
> 'text-override does not work” further supports my “seemingly arbitrary”
> frustration), my custom function (see snippet, below) works exactly as
> expected:
>
> 1. It follows Gould’s recommendation on alignment of text and line [where
> Lilypond’s default does not];
> 2. It places the beginning and end of the OttavaBracket [and text]
> exactly where I want it (personal preference); and,
> 3. It allows me to apply \overrides and \tweaks post-hoc (e.g., using the
> edition-engraver), where necessary/desired.
>
> Perfection! Thanks!!
> Kieren.
>
> %%%% SNIPPET BEGINS
> #(define eightva
> #{
> \markup
> %% messing around with \with-dimensions, because OttavaBracket has no
> %% possibility to set details.stencil-align-dir-y
> %% :((
> \with-dimensions #'(0 . 4) #'(0 . 2.8)
> \italic \concat { "8" \raise #0.5 { \hspace #0.25 "va" } \hspace #0.5 }
> #})
>
> octU = {
I don't think OttavaBracket.bound-details does anything, I'd delete it.
Default for font-shape is 'italic and it's in eightva as well makes no
sense to me to set it 'roman here, I'd delete it as well.
> \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.bound-details =
> #`((left . ((Y . 0) (padding . -2) (stencil-align-dir-y . ,0.85)))
> (left-broken . ((Y . 0) (stencil-align-dir-y . ,0.85)))
> (right-broken . ((Y . 0) (padding . 0) (text . (markup ""))))
> (right . ((Y . 0) (padding . -1.5) (text . ,(make-draw-line-markup
> (cons 0 -1))))))
> \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.font-shape = #'roman
> \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.after-line-breaking =
> #(lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text eightva))
> \ottava #1
> }
> %%%% SNIPPET ENDS
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