Re: Forcing markup to be IN the staff

[Jonathan Kulp]

You might try the solution I posted in this thread a while back:

http://www.nabble.com/bracketed-silence-td18414197.html

Jon

aliteralmind wrote:
> I have repetitive notes:
>
> c8 c c   c c c   c c c   c c c |
>
> This type of repetition is found throughout my piece. I'm trying to hide the
> second-through-fourth beats of notes, and have a "..." in its place, IN the
> staff. No matter how much I \raise the markup, it never enters the staff.
> How can I force this collision?
>
> Here is an image describing what I want and am actually getting (I also
> can't quite position the lyrics and "repeat throught" text as tightly as I
> want):
>
> http://jeffyepstein.com/tmp/staff_collision_question.gif
>
> And following is the LY code that created the bottom version.
>
> Thank you for helping.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> \version "2.12.2"
>
> global = {
>         \key c \major
>         \time 12/8
> }
>
> rptDDD = \markup { \fontsize #6 "..." }
> rptDDDInStaff = \markup {
>         \column {
>                 \raise #2.5 \rptDDD
>                 \small \italic "Repeat throughout measure"
>         }
> }
> rptDDDForLyrics = \markup { \raise #0.3 \rptDDD }
>
> mainMusic = \relative c''  {
>         c4. c c c |
> }
> mainWords = \lyricmode { Da da da da }
> secondaryMusic = \relative c  {
>         \clef bass
>         c8 c c
>         \hideNotes
>                 c_\rptDDDInStaff
>                 c c  c c c  c c c
>         \unHideNotes
>         |
> }
> secondaryWords = \lyricmode  {
>         doo doo doo \rptDDDForLyrics
> }
>
> \score {
>         \new ChoirStaff <<
>                 \new Staff = staffMain <<
>                         \new Voice = "vMain" {
>                                 \voiceTwo
>                                 << \global \mainMusic >>
>                         }
>                         \new Lyrics = "mainLyrics" { s1 }
>                 >>
>                 \new Staff = staffSecondary <<
>                         \new Voice = "vSecondary" {
>                                 \voiceOne
>                                 << \global \secondaryMusic >>
>                         }
>                         %s1 is a placeholder, until soloWords is assigned to it
>                         \new Lyrics = "secondaryLyrics" { s1 }
>                 >>
>                 \context Lyrics = mainLyrics \lyricsto vMain \mainWords
>                 \context Lyrics = secondaryLyrics \lyricsto vSecondary 
> \secondaryWords
>         >>
>         \layout {}
>         \midi {}
> }
> --------------------------------------------------------


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