On 8/26/05, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what you want to use it for. > > For a longer section of text, such as lyrics lines for some verses > of a song, you can actually have a \markup{...} completely outside the > \score{...}. > > Hans de Rijck wrote: > > Hi gurus, > > > > What is the preferred way to add general texts? > > So far I've found two ways that are reasonably 'universal': > > > > \mark \markup { MyText } > > gives you a textual indication over a bar line or between notes. > > > > > or > > > > s1*0 ^\markup { MyText } > > gives you a textual indication over a note (assuming that the s1*0 > starts at the same time as a note). > > > > where the latter has the possibility to position the text above the staff. > > Yes, assuming that you mean that you can have different text over > different staves, as opposed to \mark which only places text over > the top stave. > > > or is there another way that should be used for general purpose? > > Too general question to answer! > > R1^\markup { MyText } for texts centered over full measure rests, for > example.
That exchange right there might beneficially add to the manual at section 8.1.3 or 8.1.4. * external \markup { } for a block of text outside a score * \mark \markup { } for text over a barline or between notes (and only above the topmost staff) * _\markup { } and ^\markup { } for text below or above the a single staff, respectively * R1^\markup { } for text centered over fullmeasure rests ... with an example of each. Those uses are quite clear to me now, but they certainly weren't at the beginning. Trevor Bača [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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