Phil Holmes <mail <at> philholmes.net> writes: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gérard Degrez" <gerard.degrez <at> yahoo.fr> > To: <lilypond-user <at> gnu.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:16 PM > Subject: Fit measure to markup > > > Hi, > > > > For an orchestral part that I am typesetting, I want to put a markup (Poco > > rit.) > > over a silent measure, but the markup is wider than the measure. Is there > > a way > > to enlarge the measure so that it fits to the markup width? > > > > This is explained in the Notation Reference section on multi-measure rests. > Basically, you need to attach your markup to a spacer rest: > > R2.*7 | s2.*0^\markup { \italic "Poco rit." } R2. |
I had tried this, but it doesn't work. But I found a workaround by playing with the base-shortest-duration. Thanks anyway. Gérard Degrez _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user