Re: right aligning text

[Paul Scott]

Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
> Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > Why doesn't this code right align the text on the bar line?
> >
> > \version "2.8.1"
> >
> > \relative c'' {
> >   a1 c f g^\markup{ \right-align{ "D.S. al Coda" } }
> >   f
> > }
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Paul Scott
> >     
>
> If you want to align something on a bar line, you'd better use \mark.
>   
Ok.  I see where that makes as much sense as what I was thinking which 
was that the whole note represented the space in the bar which was the 
space in which I wanted the text right aligned.
> DSalCoda = {
>   \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = 
> #begin-of-line-invisible
>   \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
>   \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'direction = #DOWN
>   \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'no-spacing-rods = ##t
>   \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'padding = #2
>   \mark "D.S. al coda"
> }
>
> {
>   c'1 c' \DSalCoda
> }
>   
Thanks,

Paul