At 17:26 on 26 Jun 2014, Richard Shann wrote:
>When I generate text to appear above some music using the <>^\markup
>"mytext" syntax, I don't seem to be able to control the
>outside-staff-priority. In this example despite the second bit of
>markup having a lower outside-staff-priority it appears above the
>first bit.
>
>\version "2.18.0"
>\score {
> {  \once \override TextScript.outside-staff-priority = #1000  <>
> ^\markup "Above the next text please" \once \override
> TextScript.outside-staff-priority = #0  a'4^"below please" }
>}
>
>
>Can anyone suggest why this is happening and if there is a solution
>that doesn't involve using a different sort of syntax for the markup,
>(i.e. not involving the <> trick)? (The final target of all this is
>scores with markup containing encapsulated postscript to create old
>French clavecin ornaments which have to have a low
>outside-staff-priority despite being textScript).

Since both events happen at the same moment in time, you have to use
tweak.

\version "2.18.0"
\score {
 {
    <>-\tweak outside-staff-priority #1000
    ^\markup "Above the next text please"
    a'4-\tweak outside-staff-priority #0 ^"below please"
 }
}

--
Mark Knoop

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