Re: stacking of figured bass elements

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <kieren@kierenmacmillan.info> writes:

> Hi Jean,
>
>> Then I don't understand the problem. What characteristic
>> of baseline-skip do you wish? Is it that it counts from
>> the origin of each markup and somehow this distance is
>> more convenient for you to provide? Is it that it ignores
>> the extents of the markups?
>> 
>> Could you explain the overarching problem? To me, this
>> sounds like an XY question.
>
> This sounds like it might be related to my [long-standing] concerns
> about leading, etc., in markups: there either isn’t a convenient
> mechanism to deal with texts/markups *from their baseline [and not
> their reference point]*, or the convenient mechanism exists and isn’t
> sufficiently well exposed/documented/promoted.
>
> {
>   \override TextScript.padding = #2
>   g'1^\markup { agt }
>   g'1^\markup { aht }
> }

I have problems believing we did not have this particular discussion
already since there is a documented setting for it.

{
  \override TextScript.staff-padding = #1.5
  g'1^\markup { agt }
  g'1^\markup { aht }
}

-- 
David Kastrup