In my attempt to typeset some early 18th century French music for viola da gamba, I'm trying to keep to the original notation as closely as possible. Thus I'm using a breath mark to indicate a trill, and a sans-serif x for a mordent. So for example, I have
mx = \markup {\teeny \sans x}
But to put this symbol next to its note (where it belongs), I have to write something like
\once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -1.5) f4.^\mx
to ensure it goes in the right place. Is there any way of simplifying this? Ideally, it'd be nice to be able to write something like
f4.^{\mx 1.5 -1.5}
and leave all the once override stuff out of the score itself. Or is there another way of placing a symbol where I want it?
Thanks,