Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-03 Thread Trevor Daniels
David Nalesnik wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 1:08 PM > Yes, I would say it's definitely a bug. This is a bit of misuse of > self-alignment-X, but the same happens with this line: > > \once \override DynamicText.self-alignment-X = #5 > > So, possibly it's a problem with the Dynamics context?

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi again, On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:08 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > > Offsetting arpeggio.positions is nice, I think. (Though not precise; > there is quantization which unavoidably kicks in, I think. It's still nice > for arpeggios across tiny intervals, where you don't want to figure out > staf

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread David Nalesnik
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Trevor Daniels wrote: > > David, you wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:44 PM > > > No, it's not a problem with \offset. > > > > Substitute this for the call to \offset, and you'll see that it's > actually an issue with X-offset here: > > > > \once \override Dynam

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread Trevor Daniels
David, you wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:44 PM > No, it's not a problem with \offset. > > Substitute this for the call to \offset, and you'll see that it's actually an > issue with X-offset here: > > \once \override DynamicText.X-offset = #-3 Ah, sorry to cast invalid aspersions on \offse

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Trevor Daniels wrote: > > Noeck wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:46 AM > > > > That would be nice, but your example puts the f on the left of the upper > > note and not centralized between the staves (I am using 2.19.15). > > You're right, Joram, \offset is

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread Trevor Daniels
Noeck wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:46 AM > That would be nice, but your example puts the f on the left of the upper > note and not centralized between the staves (I am using 2.19.15). You're right, Joram, \offset is not a solution. In fact, it seems to point to another problem with \offs

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-02 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Joram, 2014-11-02 1:46 GMT+01:00 Noeck : > That would be nice, but your example puts the f on the left of the upper > note and not centralized between the staves (I am using 2.19.15). > Try : \version "2.19.15" \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { g-_ } \new Dynamics { s -\tweak X-o

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Noeck
>> However, how can I control the Y position? Y-offset does not work: > I don't think you need to do anything. As soon as the dynamics context has > more content it should all appear centralised again. That would be nice, but your example puts the f on the left of the upper note and not centrali

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Trevor Daniels
Noeck wrote Saturday, November 01, 2014 11:49 PM > However, how can I control the Y position? Y-offset does not work: > > Warning: the property 'Y-offset of # cannot be offset I don't think you need to do anything. As soon as the dynamics context has more content it should all appear centralis

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Joram, On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Joram Berger wrote: > > Yay! This is an example where \offset is useful! Try this: > > \once \offset X-offset -3 DynamicText > > Hi Trevor, > > thanks, that's cool! > However, how can I control the Y position? Y-offset does not work: > > Warning: t

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Noeck
> Yay! This is an example where \offset is useful! Try this: > \once \offset X-offset -3 DynamicText Hi Trevor, thanks, that's cool! However, how can I control the Y position? Y-offset does not work: Warning: the property 'Y-offset of # cannot be offset Joram ___

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Joram Berger
> Yay! This is an example where \offset is useful! Try this: > \once \offset X-offset -3 DynamicText Hi Trevor, thanks, that's cool! However, how can I control the Y position? Y-offset does not work: Warning: the property 'Y-offset of # cannot be offset Joram signature.asc Descripti

Re: Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Trevor Daniels
Noeck wrote Saturday, November 01, 2014 10:59 PM > I would like to move some objects by hand. This minimal example shows > the beginning of a piano staff. > > \version "2.18.2" > > \new PianoStaff << > \new Staff { g-_ } > \new Dynamics { >%\override DynamicText.extra-offset = #'(-4 . 0)

Place objects by hand

2014-11-01 Thread Noeck
Hi, I would like to move some objects by hand. This minimal example shows the beginning of a piano staff. \version "2.18.2" \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { g-_ } \new Dynamics { %\override DynamicText.extra-offset = #'(-4 . 0) s\f } \new Staff { \clef bass g'-_ } >> The forte sy