Re: Doc help: \markup{} vs \mark

[Stephen]

\mark has evolved into a way to put text over a barline, but you cannot use 
\markup to put text over a barline, only over a note.

Stephen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden>
To: "lily-devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:32 PM
Subject: Doc help: \markup{} vs \mark


> What's the actual difference between \markup and \mark?
>
> Historically, \mark was used for rehearsal marks, and the docs reflect
> that.  These days, however, \mark is used for things like fermatas on
> bar lines, "DS. al Fine" right-aligned at the end of a piece, etc.
>
> Is the "definition" of a \mark simply that it is a grob that's placed 
> shortly
> before the next note, on a barline if possible ?  experimentation
> suggests that; is there anything more to know about \mark ?
>
> \relative c'' {
> c4 \mark \default
> c2 \mark \default
> c4 \mark \default
> c1 \mark \default
> }
>
> (Mats: I sent this to -devel instead of -user, so I'd appreciate your 
> help.  :)
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>
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