Re: Dynamics not centered

[Thomas Morley]

2018-06-16 21:21 GMT+02:00 Torsten Hämmerle <address@hidden>:
> SoundsFromSound wrote
>> Can someone tell me why the dynamics marking is not centered (like the
>> default) when using it as a 'compound' command/variable markup?
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> That's because your declaration is a TextScript markup, and by default, a
> TextScript will be set flush left-aligned.
>
> "Real" dynamics will be defined by make-dynamic-script, like in
>
> ppdolce =
> #(make-dynamic-script
>   (markup #:line
>           (#:dynamic "pp"
>            #:normal-text #:italic "dolce")))
>
> or
> ppdolce =
>  #(make-dynamic-script
>   #{ \markup { \line { \dynamic "pp"
>                        \normal-text \italic "dolce" } }
>   #})
>
>
> Positioning isn't quite easy if additional texts as "dolce" or "sempre" or
> "poco a poco" are there (just centering will move the pp too far away from
> where it should start.
> Several possibilities and examples can be found in snippet
> http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=393
>
>
> HTH,
> Torsten


Here a longish thread which discusses it in depth, some code of mine
trying to deal with the problems there as well.
http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/improving-Janek-s-dynamic-function-for-combo-dynamics-td205071.html

Cheers,
  Harm