Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-27 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-04-27 17:39 GMT+02:00 Robert Hickman : >> >> Another hack: >> >> \version "2.18.2" >> >> pushRight = >> #(define-event-function (parser location amount)(number?) >> #{ >> \tweak text \markup \with-dimensions #(cons 0 amount) #'(0 . 0) "" >> -\rightHandFinger #5 >>

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Harm, > I read > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2018-04/msg00741.html > different, i.e. the OP wants the needed space inserted at the end of the bar. Hmmm… Looking back, I see that the OP wrote: > I want the space that is inserted to be at the end of the bar > so the notes

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-04-25 0:10 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan : > That version, while good to know about, doesn’t allow the notes to space > themselves normally: > > I believe the OP wanted (and I definitely want) the notes in that measure to > be spaced normally. Hi Kieren, I

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Harm, > Another hack: That version, while good to know about, doesn’t allow the notes to space themselves normally: I believe the OP wanted (and I definitely want) the notes in that measure to be spaced normally. Thanks, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan,

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-04-24 17:09 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi all, > >>> It would be nice to be able to arbitrarily set the duration of the moment >>> that would (if necessary) be stretched. >> Ah, I follow now. Interesting! Thanks Kieren! > > Here’s a hack that shows the

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, >> It would be nice to be able to arbitrarily set the duration of the moment >> that would (if necessary) be stretched. > Ah, I follow now. Interesting! Thanks Kieren! Here’s a hack that shows the desired outcome [in the first measure]: \version "2.18.2" { \partial 2 << {

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Ben
On 4/24/2018 11:04 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Ben, I don't quite follow what you're asking. I know what he’s asking about… It’s something I’ve been asking about for quite a long time (>5 years): forcing a *measure* or even *group of measures* (in OP's case, a single measure) to stretch

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Robert Hickman
> ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > I don't quite follow what you're asking. > > Info from other threads a while back, which could assist you: > > * The action of

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ben, > I don't quite follow what you're asking. I know what he’s asking about… It’s something I’ve been asking about for quite a long time (>5 years): forcing a *measure* or even *group of measures* (in OP's case, a single measure) to stretch to accommodate another grob (in OP’s case, a

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Ben
On 4/24/2018 10:50 AM, Robert Hickman wrote: On 24 April 2018 at 15:41, Robert Hickman wrote: \textLengthOn Makes lilypond format relative to the length of the textual annotations instead of the notes. However it does this by inserting a huge gap between the note with

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Ben
On 4/24/2018 10:41 AM, Robert Hickman wrote: \textLengthOn Makes lilypond format relative to the length of the textual annotations instead of the notes. However it does this by inserting a huge gap between the note with the annotation and the next note. Is there a command that does the same

Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Robert Hickman
On 24 April 2018 at 15:41, Robert Hickman wrote: > \textLengthOn Makes lilypond format relative to the length of the > textual annotations instead of the notes. However it does this by > inserting a huge gap between the note with the annotation and the next > note. Is there

\textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

2018-04-24 Thread Robert Hickman
\textLengthOn Makes lilypond format relative to the length of the textual annotations instead of the notes. However it does this by inserting a huge gap between the note with the annotation and the next note. Is there a command that does the same thing relative to the bar lines. e.g. formats notes