Dear Jan-Peter,
Which version are you using? This doesn't work with 2.12.3, an '(n)' appears
above the extender line in the second bar.
Regards,
Bruys
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Jan-Peter Voigt <jp.vo...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello Phil,
>
> I think you can't move TextScript elements beyond lyrics with
> outside-staff-priority - the lyrics don't belong to a staff but are probably
> associated to a voice within. So you probably have to move the markup with
> \translate or the TextScript with extra-offset.
> If it is possible to get the vertical position of a lyrics context from
> within a staff/voice context, it should be possible to move something beyond
> that point. That would make some other things possible:
>
> If I place a closing "(n)" on an extender line, I do it with these two
> functions:
>
> %%% start snip
> freetext = #(define-music-function (parser location dx dy text)(number?
> number? markup?)
> #{
> \once \override TextScript #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
> \once \override TextScript #'Y-extent = #'(0 . 0)
> \once \override TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
> s1*0_\markup { \translate #(cons $dx $dy) $text }
> #})
> closeN = #(define-music-function (parser location dy)(number?)
> #{
> \freetext #0 #$dy \markup { "(n)" }
> #})
> closeNx = #(define-music-function (parser location dx dy)(number? number?)
> #{
> \freetext #$dx #$dy \markup { "(n)" }
> #})
> %%% end snip
> %%% example:
> \relative c' { \partial 4 e4 ~ << e1 ~ \closeN #-3.7 >> | e }
> \addlyrics { A __ }
>
> So I set x- and y-extent to 0, so that lily doesn't see a collision. Then I
> move it down. I could of course move it beyond any lyrics assigned to this
> voice, but I have to trial and error to find the right value. It would be
> nice to get the vertical position of the Lyrics and attach/align the text to
> it.
> This might lead (again) to a hen-and-egg-problem, where the vertical
> position of the lyrics is not known until the textscript is positioned.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan-Peter
>
>
>
> On 15.04.2011 13:29, Phil Holmes wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give me pointers as to how to put markup text outside Lyric
>> text? I've tried overriding the Staff.TextScript outside-staff-priority, and
>> that shifts markup outside tempo marks, for instance, but does nothing wrt
>> Lyrics.
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Holmes
>>
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