Re: How do I use \tag? (lyuser: message 5 of 20)

[Simon Albrecht]

On 15.07.2018 16:38, Trevor wrote:
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> Subject: Re: How do I use \tag? (lyuser: message 5 of 20)
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> > Hello Trevor
> >
> > > bla = -\markup { Bla }
> > >
> > > melody = \relative c'' {
> > >   c4 d e f ^\bla
> > >   c4 d e f ^\tag #'a \bla % (1)
> > > }
> > >
> > > \keepWithTag #'a \melody
> > >
> > > \removeWithTag #'a \melody
> > >
> > > Hopefully this works in 2.18 too.
> >
> > Yes, it works :) Thank you! Could you please point me to the
> > documentation of the '-' that you used instead of my '^'? (Or explain it
> > to me)?
> >
> > I would like to understand the difference, not just copy/paste it...
> The three direction indicators, ^, - and _ , are explained here:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/direction-and-placement 
>
>
> The main problem with your original post was not using a "^" instead 
> of a "-", but not
> having a direction indicator of any sort before the \markup command.

Markus, I was going to direct you to the learning manual in order to get 
a systematic grasp of the fundamental concepts, and indeed that is the 
best you can do to avoid problems like this: read it carefully, and 
probably more than once. 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/index>

However, it seems that this is a rare blind spot in the LM: the function 
of the - is explained for fingering and articulations, briefly mentioned 
for tweaks on articulations, but not mentioned for text scripts. That 
should probably get a tracker issue, shouldn’t it?

Best, Simon