Hi Gerard, 2010/1/18 Gerard McConnell <gerry...@indigo.ie>:
> Hello, > I'm sure this is in the docs somewhere; > I've checked the index, sections 4.4 & 4.5, and the > snippets list, but I can't figure out how to write some > text (\markup?) above the clefs. Well, actually there is a bug with MetronomeMark (\tempo) which prevents to align it "the right way" (i.e. left-aligned on time signature for \tempo "text"). See: 684: Enhancement: MetronomeMark should support break-align-symbols http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=684 and the discussion "Tempo mark alignment" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-05/msg00521.html 2010/1/18 Dmytro O. Redchuk <brownian....@gmail.com>: > I believe you can use \markup and take a look at selected snippets here: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/writing-text#text-marks > > ("Aligning marks with various notation objects") As a workaroud I use this user-defined "TempoMark" command for textual tempo marks (it is based on RehearsalMark, as suggested by Dmytro): tempoMark = #(define-music-function (parser location markp) (string?) #{ \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbols = #'(time-signature key-signature) \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'break-align-anchor-alignment = #LEFT \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-size = #1 \mark \markup { \bold $markp } #}) To be used with the following syntax, for example \tempoMark "Allegro" It aligns LEFT on time signature (as I have seen it on numerous scores). I use this while still hoping somebody will fix MetronomeMark. Is has the drawback that you can't use another RehearsalMark (\mark) simultaneously. Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user