Re: \textLengthOn in polyphony and over MultiMeasureRests

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 29.07.2018 um 16:35 schrieb Trevor Bača:
>
>  Hi Urs, hi Torsten, 
>
>  I've followed both parts of this thread with interest, especially since I 
> only
>  recently discovered the magic empty chord <> construct.
>
>  Urs, Torsten's results for the multimeasure rest example are reproducible 
> like
>  this:
>
>  %%% BEGIN %%%
>
>  {
>      \version "2.19.82"
>      \textLengthOn
>      \override TextScript.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
>      \override TextScript.staff-padding = 3
>      c''1
>      <> ^ \markup "Invisible empty chord expands measure with
>  MultiMeasureRest."
>      R1
>      c''
>  }
>
>  %%% END %%%
>
>  Output:
>
> *
>  The relevant use of <> appears in the docs in ...
>
>  http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/writing-rests
>
>  ... under the "Multi-measure rest markup" subhead at the very bottom of the
>  page. (Clicking 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/1c/lily-56e2a6af.ly
>  shows the LilyPond input.)
>
> Unfortunately I found out that this

Where "this" means "something else".

> doesn't work with consecutive measures (see attached image):
>
> {
>   <>^\markup "A pretty long text that should extend the measure"
>   R1
>   <>^\markup "A pretty long text that should extend the measure"
>   R1
> }
>
> It sort-of correctly extends the *second* measure, but not the first one

I don't see \textLengthOn here.  Or the other overrides Trevor used.

-- 
David Kastrup