Re: vertical alignment & inversion of horizontal brackets

[pls]

Hi Xavier,

thanks for your help! I had found the documentation of analysis brackets but 
ligatures seem to be what I am looking for. Unless musicxml2ly converts the 
wrong symbol. See http://www.kainhofer.net/musicxml/ 31a-Directions.xml measure 
10

Cheers
patrick

P.S.: the commands \[ and \] are not part of the indices!
Am 12.01.2012 um 13:35 schrieb Xavier Scheuer:

> On 12 January 2012 12:51, pls <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> 
>> today I tripped over a command for typesetting horizontal brackets
>> (\[ \]) which doesn't seem to be covered in the manuals.
>> (At least I didn't find it.)
> 
> Ligatures are covered in the notation reference manual, in the "Ancient
> notation" section: NR 2.9.2 Ancient notation—common features > Ligatures
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/ancient-notation_002d_002dcommon-features.html#ligatures
> 
>> How can I invert and change the vertical alignment of these horizontal
>> brackets? (I'd like to place them below the staff.)
> 
>  \override LigatureBracket #'direction = #DOWN
> 
> Ligatures should not be confused with "Analysis brackets", which is
> maybe what you are actually looking for.  They are explained in
> NR 1.7.2 Editorial annotations Outside the staff > Analysis brackets
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/outside-the-staff.html#analysis-brackets
> 
> Cheers,
> Xavier
> 
> -- 
> Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>