Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-16 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/6/16 Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.au: Dear David thanks for your link. I did try that but I could not figure out how to turn it on and off, that is, it seemed a condition that is for the entire score only. I wanted triangles and squares only in certain parts of the score. Ive

vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Paul Malcolm
Most of the offsets and padding for objects seem to be for above the staff. I would like to display a filled square and triangle for indications of 5/8 time beat groupings, but I want them underneath the staff. For example under the given C note c4.\DB^\markup{\center-align \larger

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Paul, On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.auwrote: Most of the offsets and padding for objects seem to be for above the staff. I would like to display a filled square and triangle for indications of 5/8 time beat groupings, but I want them underneath the

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Paul Malcolm
Hi David, thanks. That was a silly error in my post. I did try the _ and it didn't work. In frustration I changed it to a ^ to see if changing the padding worked only in one direction Keeping it this way c4.\DB^\markup{\center-align \larger \triangle ##t} I used this standard function

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi Paul, I can't reproduce/compile your example. What is \DB ?? Please post a compilable code. -Harm ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/6/15 Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.au: Sorry Harm, its an alias to a down bow, just delete it. Paul On 15/06/13, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Paul, I can't reproduce/compile your example. What is \DB ?? Please post a compilable code. -Harm Hi Paul,

Fwd: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread David Nalesnik
Sorry for the duplicate, Paul--forgot to hit reply all... Hi Paul, On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.auwrote: Hi David, thanks. That was a silly error in my post. I did try the _ and it didn't work. In frustration I changed it

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Paul Malcolm
Harm, perfect thanks very much indeed ! This is perfect ! I must have made a silly blunder. Now in a quick glance one can see if 5/8 is 2+3 or 3+2 etc.. Regards Paul On 15/06/13, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/6/15 Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.au: Sorry

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread David Nalesnik
Paul, On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Paul Malcolm paul.malc...@anu.edu.auwrote: Harm, perfect thanks very much indeed ! This is perfect ! I must have made a silly blunder. Now in a quick glance one can see if 5/8 is 2+3 or 3+2 etc.. LilyPond has already has the capability to show

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
2013/6/15 David Nalesnik david.nales...@gmail.com padText = #(define-music-function (parser location padding) (number?) #{ \once \override TextScript #'padding = #$padding #}) Please note that #$padding won't work for 2.17/2.18 Better use : \once \override TextScript #'padding =

Re: vertical space..under the staff

2013-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Pierre Perol-Schneider pierre.schneider.pa...@gmail.com writes: 2013/6/15 David Nalesnik david.nales...@gmail.com padText = #(define-music-function (parser location padding) (number?) #{ \once \override TextScript