Hi Giles,
> The \mark command is centred. Can text be formatted to be left aligned (and
> smaller)? Is there an initialisation parameter I can change to set its
> default alignment?
I can’t test what v2.18 does (that’s a very old version!), but 2.25.11
essentially** left-aligns the mark:
%%% SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.25.11"
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override RehearsalMark.font-size = #1
\override RehearsalMark.padding = #2.5
}
}
theMusic = {
\mark "Boore’s Dance"
\key d \major
\time 6/8
a''4. g''4 d''8
g''8 e''4. fis''4
a''4. fis''4 d''8
g''4 e''8 d''4.
\bar "|."
}
\score {
\new Staff \theMusic
}
%%% SNIPPET ENDS
1. Note the context block I added, to [globally] adjust the font size of the
RehearsalMark.
2. I prefer typographer’s quotes, so I changed the apostrophe in “Boore’s”.
3. Conventional coding in the ’Pond is to have a separate line for each measure
of music, command/tweak, etc., so I recoded your example that way.
** I’m honestly not sure why there is a small discrepancy in the alignment —
the left edge of the RehearsalMark should be exactly aligned with the left edge
of the TimeSignature! — but you can adjust that with an extra-offset if it
bothers you [as much as it bothers me!].
Hope this helps!
Kieren.
p.s.
> Ideally, whatever method arrived at would then create a marker in a MIDI file
> - \mark does on last but one version of Lilypond, but not on my Windows 8.1,
> Lilypond "2.18.2" installation
Sorry — definitely can’t help with this! :(
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