Phil Holmes <mail <at> philholmes.net> writes: > >> > 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. > > If you check the part of the Reference I pointed you to, it says you have to > use: > > \textLengthOn > > Did you do this?
No, that's what I was missing (because I was reading the French version of that section in which it is not mentioned :-( ) Many thanks, Gérard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user