Hi David, Thank you! That was the magic solution! And what a turnaround time!
LilyPond can do ANYTHING, given somebody who can play it like a piano! Bockett Hunter On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 4:06 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Bockett Hunter <[email protected]> writes: > > > You are, of course, correct. I'm using Version 2.18.2-1. > > > > On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 3:05 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Bockett Hunter <[email protected]> writes: > >> > >> > It's not a major issue, but I cannot get the staff for the incipit to > >> > align vertically with the staff of the following music. > >> > It is about half a staff space too high. > >> > >> There is a reason LilyPond complains when you omit the \version > >> statement. Different versions behave differently. You should always > >> state which version you are actually using. > > Ok, so this is _after_ 2.17.14 > commit 692b4e4ed7c1aae4d4d53ad59c26c22f2dd2d90f > Author: David Kastrup <[email protected]> > Date: Sun Mar 3 01:04:31 2013 +0100 > > Issue 3187: Ugly alignment of text and score within a markup > > For \score within \markup, the reference point (usually the middle > staff line) of the lowest staff in the top system is placed on the > baseline. > > This is an incompatible change, but the previous behavior (placing the > _highest_ y coordinate of the score on the baseline, disregarding the > staves) was not useful. > > Let's see. You don't actually _want_ any unnatural alignment, so remove > your \general-align again and add > > \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-Y = ##f > > to the instrument specification (the default is centering, clearly > inappropriate for your use). > > There is also a ready-made \incipit command: annoyingly I haven't been > able to make it generate an incipit at all given your example. No idea > why. > > -- > David Kastrup >
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