Re: Textual tempo markers in adjacent bars are stacked

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Am Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 14:19:43 schrieb Hendrik Fuß:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I like the textual \tempo mark in LilyPond 2.12 and use it a lot. However,
>  when preparing instrument parts, I often face the following problem:
> 
> \compressFullBarRests
> \tempo "Allegro"
> R1*6
> \tempo "Rall."
> R1*2
> \tempo "A tempo"
> R1*8
> 
> Because the multi-measure rest bars are too short, the three tempo marks
>  are stacked on top of each other.

+1
Me too! I've also faced this problem a few times and it's really annoying.

> What would you suggest? Is there a way to automatically adjust the bar
>  width to the width of the metronome mark?

Not that I know of.

Cheers,
Reinhold

PS: I'm forwarding this to bug-lilypond, so that it gets at least recorded for 
the future.

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