Thanks Mats. Actually the bug is in the manual :( The ottava spanner is created in the Staff context, but I omitted to specify the context in the \override in the example.
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'outside-staff-priority = #340 works fine (at least in 2.11.34) Trevor D > -----Original Message----- > From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 February 2008 11:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lilypond bug > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Hairpin and Textscript > > > > > Trevor Daniels wrote: > > ... > > > http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/ > lilypond-learning/index.html > > > > which shows a bug! The ottava bracket isn't moved > no matter what value you > specify, at least when I try with the latest > 2.11.38 code from GIT. > Unfortunately, > this means that the example in the manual doesn't > show what it's > supposed to show, > until this bug is fixed (if the bug fix takes > long, the example can > easily be modified to > move the dynamics instead, which works as it should). > > /Mats > _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond