Re: Use arbitrary notes (with stem/flag) as MMR stencil override

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Urs,
>
>> I'd think that MMRs are generally the only items that are printed in
>> the middle of a measure.
>
> No: MMRs [essentially always], measure numbers [often], final
> single-note columns [in many engravings], boxed markup/instructions
> inside the staff [in modern music], over-staff markups ["Safety",
> fermata, etc.].
>
> I’m sure there are more — that list was just off the top of my head.
>
>> Probably one would have to see how the MultiMeasureRest originally
>> performs its centering and learn from that (but I'd expect this to
>> be in the C++ part).
>
> Yes, this is kind of what I’m hinting towards: I’m wondering if, in
> the C++ part, an interface could be added which centres a given grob
> in the middle of the current measure. (I assume the implementation
> would then have to be "retrofitted" onto MMRs to duplicate the current
> behaviour.)
>
> I’ll be interested to hear what others think about the possibilities.

I have no idea what you mean by "an interface could be added".  Grob
interfaces are a fixed component of the grob data structure: you cannot
add or remove them at will.  A certain grob type either has an interface
or not.  It's not a per-grob decision to make.

-- 
David Kastrup