Fwd: Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-12 Thread Stephen MacNeil
like this { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \bold {\larger INTRO \halign #-1 \bold .} \repeat unfold 4 { s1 }\break \repeat unfold 4 { s1 }\break \repeat unfold 4 { s1 }\break } { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \concat {\larger \bold N \raise #1 \center-column\number {

Fwd: Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-12 Thread Stephen MacNeil
hey I do those all the time :) your scan was hard to read but it looks like it as separate scores %%% { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \concat {\larger \bold N \raise #1 \center-column\number { \fontsize #-7 \raise #.8 \sub o \vspace #-.35 \fontsize #-8 \raise #.4 \super

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu 12 May 2016 at 16:45:23 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: > On 10/05/2016 01:05, David Wright wrote: > >On Mon 09 May 2016 at 16:52:44 (+0100), Wols Lists wrote: > >Reading the manual saves you having to remember everything. > >Read 3.2 Titles and headers. > > Very helpful, thanks. I do,

Fwd: Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-12 Thread Anthonys Lists
Resending yet again because the list kept rejecting large attachments ... Forwarded Message Subject:Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 21:27:26 +0100 From: Anthonys Lists To:

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-10 Thread Anthonys Lists
On 10/05/2016 17:45, Stephen MacNeil wrote: >>Thank you very much. It's close, but will need a little tweaking. Your example is right-justified against the left margin, whereas I want it >>starting at the left margin, and pushing the staff to the right remove indent \paper { %indent = 0

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Tue 10 May 2016 at 12:45:38 (-0400), Stephen MacNeil wrote: > >>Thank you very much. It's close, but will need a little tweaking. Your > >>example > is right-justified against the left margin, whereas I want it >>starting at > the left margin, and pushing the staff to the right > > remove

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-10 Thread Stephen MacNeil
>>Thank you very much. It's close, but will need a little tweaking. Your example is right-justified against the left margin, whereas I want it >>starting at the left margin, and pushing the staff to the right remove indent \paper { %indent = 0 %left-margin = 15 } does that work? >>The

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-10 Thread Anthonys Lists
On 09/05/2016 04:11, Stephen MacNeil wrote: Actually I just noticed \halign -- that's not needed I copied it from another one where it was needed so those examples should just read \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "B"} etc. Thank you very

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 May 2016 at 16:52:44 (+0100), Wols Lists wrote: > On 08/05/16 21:30, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:06:27 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: > >> Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a > >> score - I want to put the name of the section in front

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-09 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-05-09 17:52 GMT+02:00 Wols Lists : > I'm not a visual person - I tend to describe things as text Well, as a non-native-speaker long describing texts without code (and image(s)) are always hard to understand for me and I tend to ignore those mails. As an (tiny)

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-09 Thread Wols Lists
On 08/05/16 21:30, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:06:27 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: >> Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a >> score - I want to put the name of the section in front of the start >> of the staff. The problem is, as always, when you

RE: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread Stephen MacNeil
Actually I just noticed \halign -- that's not needed I copied it from another one where it was needed so those examples should just read \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "B"} etc. Stephen ___

RE: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread Stephen MacNeil
There are several ways I do this, I use this for students a lot here are a few ways to achieve this % \version "2.18.2" \paper { indent = 0 left-margin = 15 } A = \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "A"}

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:06:27 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: > Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a > score - I want to put the name of the section in front of the start > of the staff. The problem is, as always, when you use a feature for > what it's not intended