Re: Bracketing part of a BassFigure

[Simon Bailey]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > < \markup {
>> >         \translate #'(-0.6 . 0)
>> >         \right-align
>> >         \bracket { \raise #0.7 { \fontsize #-5 \sharp } }
>> >   \translate #'(-2 . 0)       \tiny \number 6
>> >       } 5 7>4
>>
>> just out of interest, what is this second \translate supposed to do?
>> removing it makes no visible difference in output for me (see pdf).
>
> Without it I get the 6 too far over (see attached pdf). I am using
> LilyPond 2.16 so that perhaps accounts for the difference.

out of interest, can you try

\markup { \translate #'(-0.6 . 0) \right-align { \concat { \bracket {
\raise #0.7 { \fontsize #-5 \sharp } } \tiny \number 6 } } }?

regards,
sb
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