Hello Aaron,
Wowsers -- I am dense. That completely makes sense. And it is simple!
Many thanks,
mattfong
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:46 PM Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> wrote:
> On 2020-10-15 6:03 pm, Matthew Fong wrote:
> > Many thanks for the solution of translation. I'm toying around with it
> > right now, and had a question:
> > I am possible misunderstanding the solution, and using the abs-override
> > incorrectly. I cannot seem to place a comment string next to the stave.
>
> The code I showed was purely to demonstrate that you *could* move things
> outside the margins. But it was not prescriptive. In practice, take a
> simpler route:
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> \paper {
> #(set-paper-size "a6landscape")
> top-margin = 1.5\cm bottom-margin = 3\cm
> left-margin = 2\cm right-margin = 2.5\cm
> indent = 0 ragged-right = ##f
> }
>
> loremIpsum =
> \markup
> \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.5)
> \smaller \left-column {
> \line { Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, }
> \line { consectetur adipscing elit. }
> }
>
> \markup
> % Collapse dimensions so the \markup takes no space.
> \with-dimensions-from \null
>
> % Move the \markup further into the left margin.
> \translate #'(-1 . 0)
>
> % Adjust alignment of \markup to top-right corner.
> \general-align #X #RIGHT
> \general-align #Y #UP
>
> % The \markup itself.
> \rotate #90 \with-color #red \loremIpsum
>
> % NOTE:
> % The \fill-line { \null ... } pattern is useful for
> % aligning content to the right margin automatically.
>
> \markup \fill-line { \null
> % Collapse dimensions so the \markup takes no space.
> \with-dimensions-from \null
>
> % Move the \markup further into the right margin.
> \translate #'(1 . 0)
>
> % Adjust alignment of \markup to top-left corner.
> \general-align #X #LEFT
> \general-align #Y #UP
>
> % The \markup itself.
> \rotate #-90 \with-color #blue \loremIpsum
> }
>
> \new Staff \fixed c'' {
> c1^\markup \with-color #green \loremIpsum
> }
> %%%%
>
> Given the above approach, there is no need to mess about with "absolute"
> measurements. Staff space units are generally pretty nice to work with
> anyway.
>
>
> -- Aaron Hill
