Re: offset not working

[Mats Bengtsson]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > So now I know why no-spacing-rods does not work, and thus why fatText 
> > does  not work, however I still don't know how to get a multirest bar 
> > to  accomodate the width of markup text.  I have gotten close with
> >
> >       << { R1*4 } \\ { \fatText s1*4^\markup { \override 
> > #'(baseline-skip  . 0.5) \column { \line { etwas ruhiger } werdend } } 
> > \emptyText } >>
> >
> > The width of the bar expands to contain the text, but the multirest is 
> > too  high by two staff lines.  And according to the manual, you cannot 
> > adjust  the "pitch" of a multirest to move it up and down.  If there 
> > is another  way to move the multirest up and down (and keep it 
> > centered), then this  hack will work.  Is that possible?  Or is there 
> > another solution to this?   Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Why don't you simply set the minimum-length property on 
> MultiMeasureRest(Text)?

Why can't LilyPond figure out the length of the text itself?
Maybe a new feature somebody wants to sponsor?

   /Mats