Re: How to fix markup horizontal position relative to edge of page

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le lundi 10 avril 2023 à 15:25 -0600, Benjamin Bruce a écrit :

Hello all,
I am trying to layout some documents where the score is centered on the page, and underneath it is some markup text that is aligned left, relative to the edge of the page. In some documents the score will be wider, in some it will be narrower, but the text below it should always be in the same horizontal position relative to the page.

If I set line-width in the \paper block, it will be applied to everything, and the markup will be aligned relative to the line-width. If I set line-width in the \layout block, the markup is independent, but the score is now left-aligned, not centered.

I am attaching my (somewhat) tiny example in case this doesn't make sense. Is there a way to accomplish what I'm trying to do, even if it's hacky? Thanks for your help!

How about this?

\version "2.24.1"

markupLeftMargin = 10
musicLineWidth = 100
firstSystemIndent = 10

\paper {
  left-margin = #markupLeftMargin
  right-margin = #(* 1/2 (- paper-width musicLineWidth))
  short-indent = #(- right-margin left-margin)
  indent = #(+ short-indent firstSystemIndent)
}

{ c' \break c' }

\markup "abc"

Essentially, the trick is not to use line-width at all, instead increasing indent and short-indent to compensate.

Best,

Jean

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