Re: Tempo Mark

[Paul Scott]

J L wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A known fact

not known by all.  I did discover this for 2.4.

> is that Lilypond 2.2.5 hides the tempo mark. So is it possible to 
> place the \tempo inside the \markup thingy if I want the tempo mark 
> appearing beside the directions for later versions?

In 2.4.0 \tempo marks appear if there is other markup in the same 
place.  I get it to appear with something like \markup{ " " }

> i.e.
>
> normally in 2.2.5....
>
> ....some music....
> \tempo 4 = 72
> a^\markup {\large\bold {A Direction} \note #"4" #0.65 { = 72 }}
> .....
>
>
> is this possible so that I don't have multiple tempo directions
>
> ..some music...
> a^\markup {\large\bold {A Direction} \tempo 4 = 72}
> .....
Paul Scott