Re: Getting width of markup in a music function

[Neil Puttock]

On 17 May 2010 08:12, Nathan Reed <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion; I tried this briefly, but it doesn't seem to
> improve anything.  The \textLengthOn is then ineffective since it only
> operates on TextScripts.  I tried replacing it with:
>
> \once\override MultiMeasureRestText #'extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 0)
> \once\override MultiMeasureRestText #'extra-spacing-height = #'(-inf.0
> +inf.0)
>
> but this did not appear to do anything either.

Try this instead:

\override MultiMeasureRestText #'springs-and-rods =
#ly:multi-measure-rest::set-text-rods

> Using a multi-measure rest
> also seems to make the fermata appear off-center to the left of the rest, in
> many cases.

This shouldn't happen if you're using a MultiMeasureTextEvent to
create the fermata.  You just need to add both the text and fermata as
'articulations instead of 'elements.

Regards,
Neil