On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 09:18:11PM -0800, Matthew wrote:
> On 02/05/2014 09:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 09:17:53PM -0800, Matthew wrote:
> >> Not wanting to type a long \override command in every staff I want a
> >> caesura, I
> >> tried defining a command to shorten things for me :) . This is what I've
> >> tried
> >> so far:
> >>
> >> caesura = {
> >> \override BreathingSign.text = \markup { \musicglyph
> >> #"scripts.caesura.straight" }
> >> \breathe
> >> \override BreathingSign.text = \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.rcomma" }
> >> }
> >>
> >> As you might guess, it doesn't work. Specifically, the breathe mark that
> >> appears
> >> is an rcomma, which also happens when I inline this. I guess this is
> >> because I
> >> need another note to appear before the next override. It works if I remove
> >> the
> >> rcomma override, though I'd like to "un-override" BreathingSign.text
> >> within the
> >> command.
> >>
> >
> > Here's what I use:
> >
> > caesuraOn = \override BreathingSign #'text =
> > #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.caesura.straight")
> >
> > caesuraOff = \revert BreathingSign #'text
> > caesura = { \once \caesuraOn \revert BreathingSign #'Y-offset \breathe }
> > breath = { \caesuraOff \override BreathingSign #'Y-offset = #5 \breathe }
> >
> > I then use \caesura or \breath where I need them.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Paul Scott
>
> Works great, thanks Paul. Funny enough though, I had a similar idea pop into
> my head
> at one point, except \breath was called \rcomma, and there wouldn't've been
> \caesura*
> commands.
Glad it helped! When I started with Lily there was no caesura at all.
Paul
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