Re: Displace position of time signature

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-05-17 19:05, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> Thank you very much. The next logical (or stupid?) question is, can one
> snug the notes under the time signature, as though it occupied no 
> space?

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  \version "2.19.81"
  { \override Staff.TimeSignature.Y-offset = #4
    \override Staff.TimeSignature.X-extent = #'(-2 . -2)
    \override Staff.TimeSignature.X-offset = #1
    \time 3/4 c'4 d' e' | \time 5/4 f'4 g' a' b' c'' }
%%%%

You should note that this example lies about the extents of the grob, so 
it will very easily produce collisions that require manual adjustment to 
resolve.

Regarding the snippet Karlin found, you will need to be mindful of font 
size.  Here is a variant that uses \abs-fontsize to ensure the results 
are consistent between use in a rehearsal mark as well as being 
associated with a note:

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  \version "2.19.81"
  #(define-markup-command (timesig layout props body) (markup-list?)
    (interpret-markup layout props
      #{ \markup \override #'(baseline-skip . 0) \abs-fontsize #11
         \number \column $body #}))

  { \omit Staff.TimeSignature
    \time 3/4 \mark \markup \timesig { 3 4 } c'4 d' e' |
    \time 5/4 f'4^\markup \timesig { 5 4 } g' a' b' c'' }
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill