Re: \tempo note = other note

[Paul Scott]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Paul Scott wrote:
>
> > Something that is almost as common as \tempo as defined in LilyPond 
> > is the ability to equate a time value in the next section equal to 
> > some time value in the preceding section as:
> >
> > <quarter note> = <eighth note>
> >
> > 1.  Can someone show a simple way to do this now?
>
>
> I think you can adopt the \markup command in J L's email to get what you
> want.

So "\note #"4" #0.65" is what I was missing?

> > 2.  This would be very useful if built into the current \tempo feature.
>
>
> Yes, but then we need some other syntax since
> \tempo 4 = 8
> currently means 8 beats per second.

Understood.

> > 3.  The current tempo feature uses too large a font.  Can this be 
> > changed by the user?
>
> How about
>   \override Score.MetronomeMark #'font-size = #-2

Great!  Does that change the note size also?

Is there any precedent for the current size?  Should not the default be 
smaller?

Thanks,

Paul