Re: Several problems

[Mats Bengtsson]

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Gauthier Lebrun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Lilypond for few weeks, and I find it very very good. It answers
> exactly the needs that I have.
> (re-edit some un-readable score for my personnal use, or transpose from piccolo
> in D-flat to C)
>   
Please always tell what LilyPond version you use, to be sure to get a 
relevant
answer. I will assume that you use 2.10.
> Now, I've got several questions :
>
> 1- a lot of my scores are beginning with multi-rests. The tempo indication
> (\tempo) is overwriten by the multi-rest number. It is unreadable.
>   
See the sections "Moving objects" and "Fixing overlapping notation".
The object name for the metronome indications is MetronomeMark.
> 2- all my scores are completing their tempo indication by a litteral sentence
> like "Allegro ma non tropo (+tempo indication)"... How can I do this ?
> the \tempo function allow only to indicate the metronomic tempo.
>   
One option is to specify this text in the "meter" field in the 
\header{...} block.
Another possibility is to use a Text mark (see section "Text marks") at the
beginning of the piece. See also "Advanced tweaks with Scheme".

> 3- One of my score is using "Segno" and "Coda" mark. How can I write a "Segno"
> Symbol on the last measure bar ?
See the section on Text marks.
>  Then, the score is finishing by a CODA.. How
> can I begining a coda by a litteral expression "Coda" + the Coda symbol at the
> end of the score ?
>
>   
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-02/msg00635.html



  /Mats