If you want to attach a markup to a multi-measure rest, why not simply use
R2.^\markup{ "Fà ch'ogn'uno tralasci e balli canti"}
which has been supported since version 2.4. Then, the text will not stretch
the measure. If you want the text left aligned instead of the default
centered
alignment, yo
John Williams wrote:
There does not appear to be a way to get a multi-measure rest which is
unaffected by the width of the markup text (\emptyText does not work).
A sample of the problem is below.
Thanks! However, please submit minimal examples. I reduced your
example to about a dozen lines
> Gmane thinks I am top-posting, so this is just some dummy text to get the
> message past filters that cannot tell the difference between quoted text
> and code. The real message starts with the next paragraph.
There does not appear to be a way to get a multi-measure rest which is
unaffected b
