>
> > 4) Some expression marks or comments do not need to be aligned to
> > a single note but can or should span many notes, for example
> > crescendo is sometimes indicated with "cresc." spanning the
> > first notes.
> You mean that you don't want the text script to affect the note
> spacing? Then the answer is simply to set
> \property Voice.textEmtyDimension = 1;
>
This can also be done using the tex expression "\\rlap{cresc.}" This
creates a box with zero width and the text sticking out to the right.
Of course you are responsible for seeing that it doesn't overlap
something else over there.
This can also be used to deal with one of the problems I noticed in
the TODO list: numbering verses in a song. If you start the first
line of each verse with "\\llap{1. }First" then "First" will be lined
up normally, and "1." will be off to the left, neatly aligned (as
long, at least, as you don't have more than 9 verses).
- Bill Mitchell
