On Tue, 25 Nov 2025, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > There's also parent-alignment-X
> I wonder if there will ever be a day when I don’t learn something new
> about Lilypond… :)
> > with that, you can center the markup's center over the center of the
> note.
@Lukas, I think I figured out a solution. Does this look right/good to you?
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%%% SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.24.4"
\layout { ragged-right = ##f indent = 0 }
{
\textMark "Kieren’s snippet with markups *not* centred as desired:"
g'
g'-\tweak self-alignment-X #CENTER ^\markup { Ṯ }
g'-\tweak self-alignment-X #CENTER ^\markup { Ẕ }
}
{
* \textMark "Proposed solution:" * g'
% Commenting out either *or* both of the following lines
% will cause the letters not to be centred over the note heads:
* \override TextScript.self-alignment-X = #CENTER \override
TextScript.parent-alignment-X = #CENTER* g'^\markup { Ṯ }
g'^\markup { Ẕ }
}
%%% SNIPPET ENDS
