Re: Resize \rhythm in mixed markup

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> writes:

> Am So., 8. Jan. 2023 um 10:21 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley
> <thomasmorley65@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> consider below
>>
>> \version "2.24.0"
>>
>> \score {
>>   { g'1^\markup { My Rhythm \rhythm { 8[ 8] } } }
>>   \layout {
>>     \context {
>>       \StandaloneRhythmStaff
>>       fontSize = #6
>>     }
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> I'll have numerous such markups combining straight text and \rhythm.
>> Thus I'd like to have a method to adjust the \rhythm-part in a
>> score-layout without affecting other parts of TextScripts.
>> Alas the setting fontSize takes no effect.
>>
>> How to?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Harm
>
> Actually it works, if the \layout is placed toplevel.
> A bug?

A likely consequence of

commit 00e7e96f8393ad1fe86f57cf90f4567142bd4e72
Author: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date:   Sat Feb 8 19:05:16 2014 +0100

    Issue 3827: remove the necessity to have a \layout block in a \markup 
\score ...
    
    It turns out that this is not really fixable in the backend since what
    is called "layout" in the markup function definitions does not
    actually correspond to \layout but rather to \paper.  Very funny.
    
    So this is solved in the parser itself when reading a \score or
    \score-lines to be used in a markup or markup list by cloning
    $defaultlayout as necessary (which simulates \layout {}) whenever the
    score is without an output definition.

I suspect that the rationale in the first paragraph is wrong because we
may actually be talking about a layout block after all, just one that
historically inherited `is-paper' (among other paper variables) from the
paper block.

Let me try again.

-- 
David Kastrup