I suppose I spoke too soon, for when I compiled the code, the result was
actually the same.
HC
On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:47 AM Hwaen Ch'uqi <hwaench...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed, that helps tremendously. Thank you so much!!!
>
> Hwaen Ch'uqi
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:24 AM Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Am So., 28. Apr. 2024 um 06:25 Uhr schrieb Hwaen Ch'uqi <
>> hwaench...@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > I am trying to typeset a stack of spoken lines above a multimeasure
>> rest. This works fine when preceded by notes in the same system. However,
>> when it follows a forced break, the output is not so desirable. Can anyone
>> explain what I am missing? MWE below.
>> >
>> > \version "2.24.3"
>> >
>> > \score {
>> > \new Staff = contrabass {
>> > \relative c' {
>> > \key des \major \time 3/4 \clef bass
>> > des,2. %!
>> > des %2
>> > des %3
>> > des %4
>> > \break
>> > \textLengthOn
>> > <>^\markup \override #'(line-width . 66) \override #'(baseline-skip .
>> 2.3) \wordwrap { But enough with introductions. You are no doubt here to
>> learn about a most difficult episode in the life of our Katz. It was during
>> a particular night of fitful sleep that our beloved Katzlein finally
>> slipped into Traumland, and it is there where our story begins. }
>> > R2.\fermata%29
>> > \textLengthOff
>> > }
>> > }
>> > }
>> >
>> > Thank you so much.
>> >
>> > Hwaen Ch'uqi
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> what happens here is, the TextScript attached to the empty chord is
>> printed at
>> start of the measure. \textLengthOn stretches the measure to fit with
>> the TextScript,
>> and the MultiMeasureRest is centered in this stretched measure.
>> This is correct in both cases with and without \break.
>> Though, with the \break the measure has a lonely MultiMeasureRest and
>> is stretched
>> even more by ragged-right being #f, the default for all but the first
>> line.
>> Thus the MultiMeasureRest is centered in a whole single line, the
>> TextScript not.
>>
>> You probably had the idea to attach text to a MultiMeasureRest with:
>> <>^"markup" R2.
>> Alas, text of a MultiMeasureRest is of type MultiMeasureRestText.
>> Nevertheless, you can do so with a little more code. Though,
>> \textLengthOn will
>> then not work, you'll need to stretch the MultiMeasureRest itself:
>>
>>
>> \version "2.24.3"
>>
>> mrkp =
>> \markup
>> \override #'(line-width . 66)
>> \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.3)
>> \wordwrap {
>> But enough with introductions. You are no doubt here to learn about
>> a
>> most difficult episode in the life of our Katz. It was during a
>> particular night of fitful sleep that our beloved Katzlein finally
>> slipped into Traumland, and it is there where our story begins.
>> }
>>
>> mmrText =
>> #(make-music
>> 'MultiMeasureTextEvent
>> 'direction 1
>> 'text mrkp)
>>
>> \score {
>> \new Staff = contrabass {
>> \relative c' {
>> \key des \major \time 3/4 \clef bass
>> des,2. %!
>> des %2
>> des %3
>> des %4
>> \break
>> %% stretch by aprox. half the width of the MultiMeasureRestText:
>> \once \override MultiMeasureRest.bound-padding = 32
>> <>^\mmrText
>> R2.\fermata %29
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>> Harm
>>
>
