To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Fit measure to markup
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
If you check the part of the Reference I pointed you to, it says you have to use:
\textLengthOn Did you do this?When I do so, I get the result attached, which seems to be exactly what is needed.
-- Phil Holmes
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