Re: RehearsalMark and MetronomeMark together …again…

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the helpful response(s)!

>> In the Do The Right Thing™ Department, I would think Lilypond should 
>> automatically slide the [first]
>> MetronomeMark slightly to the right, allowing it to sit on the same baseline 
>> as the RehearsalMark.
> 
> Xavier asked for the same behavior when he was reviewing the addition of 
> \markLenghtOn.

So either I’m not crazy, or Xavier and I both are.  =)

> Your input tells LilyPond to align both MetronomeMark and RehearsalMark
> over the time-signature, if there is one.  
> Specifying this uses the break-alignable-interface, which is rather
> flexible, but does not have a way to specify which of the marks should
> move right if they both want to align at the same point.

1. Is there a different input I can use to get the desired automatic behaviour?

2. How much [time/$$] would it take to implement a setting (on all grobs) which 
specifies the direction(s) in which that grob can slide to avoid collision?

> You could use David Nalesnik's  \offset #'X-offset ... command to move
> whichever mark, whenever you have a tempo mark, rehearsal mark, 
> and time-signature all at the same time.

That’s a nice tweak, but I’m hoping for a more general and automatic 
setting/behaviour.

Thanks!
Kieren.