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Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts? |
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Sun, 18 Feb 2018 09:03:36 +0100 |
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Saul Tobin <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I've noticed that under certain circumstances (I think if the page spacing
> needs to be compressed?) Lilypond will disregard the vertical order of
> TextScripts. So something like:
>
> \relative c'' {
> f4^"long long long"^"short" e'2.
> }
>
> By itself, this correctly displays the short indication above the long one.
> But sometimes Lilypond, in order to save space, will move the short
> indication below the long one. This is understandable, but it can lead to
> incorrect notation if the order matters. For example, indications of who is
> playing (e.g. solo or tutti) are generally supposed to go above indications
> of playing style or technique.
>
> Is there a way to force Lilypond to respect the specified vertical order of
> TextScripts? Ideally, not as a one time override or tweak but throughout an
> entire score.
Why don't you use a single textscript then? Like
\relative c'' {
f4^\markup \column { "long long long" "short" } e'2.
}
That way the order is strictly under your control.
--
David Kastrup
- Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, Saul Tobin, 2018/02/17
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, Saul Tobin, 2018/02/18
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/02/18
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, David Kastrup, 2018/02/18
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, Saul Tobin, 2018/02/18
- Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?, Kieren MacMillan, 2018/02/18