Peter Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Dear list,
> I have a text on a multibar rest, like this:  R1*8^"Verse 1"
> The text appears centred on the rest.  But I would like it 
> aligned to the left, to indicate that it refers to the 
> beginning of the rest.  I've tried the following, but they 
> didn't make any difference:
>
> R1*8^\markup { \hspace #-5 "Verse 1" }
>
> \once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( -5.0 . 0.0 )
> R1*8^\markup { "Verse 1" }
>
> Any ideas why these didn't work, and how can I do it?

Maybe MultiMeasureRestText should be used iso. TextScript.
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/MultiMeasureRestText.html

nicolas


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