Re: Dynamics over-lapping with bar-lines

[David Sumbler]

Thanks for your reply - it solves the problem of bar-line/dynamic
collisions (or rather, it side-steps the problem).  Actually it also
begins to answer what might well have been my next question, because
generally I prefer the left edge of dynamics to be related to the note
position.  But I should like it to be a little further to the left than
the value of -1 gives.  That is a bit of a problem, because the value
required for a dynamic such as 'f' will be different from that needed by
a wider marking such as 'ffff'.

Is there perhaps a way of specifying where the left edge of the dynamic
should be in relation to the note?  For instance, I might like all
dynamics to appear about half a note-head's width before the left edge
of the note-head itself.  It is going to get very tedious having
continually to specify different self-alignment-X values when there are,
say, alternating 'p' and 'mf' markings.

Also, considering that LilyPond is generally so good at avoiding
collisions, I have been surprised to find that it seems to have no
objection to printing dynamics and bar-lines on top of one another.  Is
there no way to tell it to avoid these collisions?  I would have
expected avoidance to be the default, with an override to allow
collisions if that is what is wanted in a particular case.  But the
default appears to be that bar-lines and dynamics pay no regard for each
other.

Am I missing something here?

David



On Mon, 2014-02-03 at 03:04 -0500, Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote:
> Greetings David,
> 
> > Following the problem I was having with dynamics in a flute part and a
> > piano part not lining up, on the advice of the list I upgraded my
> > LilyPond from v2.14.2 to 2.18.0.
> >
> > Problem of non-alignment solved.
> >
> > But I still find that dynamics often contact or even cross a bar-line.
> > In the flute part of this piece it does not matter, of course, because
> > the bar-line does not extend beyond the stave.  But in the piano part it
> > does matter.  The problem is the same whether the dynamic marks are
> > added in a Staff context or in a separate Dynamics context.
> >
> > How do I tell LilyPond not to superimpose dynamics and bar-lines?
> >
> > David
> 
> Now that you have successfully upgraded to LilyPond 2.18.0, the
> command which I earlier gave you should work - namely,
> 
> \override Staff.DynamicText.self-alignment-X = #-1
> 
> If your dynamics are in a Dynamics context rather than a Staff
> context, then change Staff in the above command to Dynamics. The
> default horizontal position for DynamicText is #0, or centered. #1
> right-aligns the dynamics; #-1 left-aligns them. Other numbers,
> whether between or outside of these bounds, will work as well.
> I hope this helps.
> Please take care.