Re: Place text next to rehearsal mark, or with left edge over barline if there is none

[David Wright]

On Sun 09 Jul 2017 at 12:06:05 (-0700), Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
> > Le 9 juil. 2017 à 18:24, address@hidden a écrit :
> >
> > As you can see on the screenshot, both texts are misaligned. The first
> one, a \tempo, is placed *under* the rehearsal mark instead of next to it.
> 
> 
> Another perspective is that the tempo is placed at the point of the tempo
> change, rather than what you want, which is to place it at a point in time
> after that change is supposed to have occurred.
> 
> > How can I move the texts to be next to the rehearsal mark (without manual
> adjustments)?
> 
> 
> Well, you are asking for a manual change (due to a non-standard placement
> of tempo), so please expect all solutions will necessarily be manual.
> 
> Since you want the tempo to appear over beat 2, you could try placing the
> tempo there, rather than at the downbeat.
> 
> Your desired solution is non-semantic, so it's coding will reflect that.
> 
> 
> 
> Finally, these two statements are contradictory:
> 
> A real engraver who wanted to stick to those conventions would
> 
> presumably shift the note to the right
> 
> 
> 
> wasted white space is high on my list of priorities

Same as my previous post. It's vertical whitespace that's being
prioritised; a _little_ horizontal waste would be less critical.

Cheers,
David.