Re: align markup text to right side of measure

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-06-04 12:37, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 04.06.2018 21:22, Reilly Farrell wrote:
> > I'm looking for a way to control the alignment of markup text.  
> > Specifically, I'm looking to align "D.C. al Fine" to the very right 
> > side of a measure, rather than having it float above a given note.
>
> That’s simple, if you use a RehearsalMark – which is semantically no
> bad idea anyway:
>
> \version "2.19.80"
> {
>   1
>   \tweak self-alignment-X -1 \mark\markup \normal-text\italic "D. C. al 
> Fine"
>   1
> }

Just for the sake of readability, you might want to use #LEFT, #CENTER, 
or #RIGHT when setting the self-alignment-X property:

%%%%
  \version "2.19.80"
  {
    1
    \tweak self-alignment-X #LEFT
    \mark \markup \small "LEFT"
    4 4 4 4
    \tweak self-alignment-X #CENTER
    \mark \markup \small "CENTER"
    4 4 4 4
    \tweak self-alignment-X #RIGHT
    \mark \markup \small "RIGHT"
    1
  }
%%%%

That is a whole lot easier than trying to remember whether 1 or -1 means 
left or right.

-- Aaron Hill