Re: default MetronomeMark #padding

[Erik Sandberg]

On Monday 09 May 2005 16.37, Graham Percival wrote:
> On 9-May-05, at 7:08 AM, Stephen wrote:
> > There is nothing about the Metronome Mark in the Changing Defaults
> > chapter. I have already ready the documentation.
>
> Please read this page.
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/
> Common-tweaks.html
>
> In particular, look at the first example and the last example.
>
> >  I figured out how to move it up or down, but not left or right. In
> > general, I think it would look better over the time signature instead
> > of over the first note.
>
> Yes, but tempo changes can occur in the middle of a piece.  If we moved
> the Mark
> to the left by default, a tempo change in the middle of a piece would
> be floating in
> the middle of nowhere.

We could have a rule saying that the change could be placed right above the 
note where change exists, or if there is a time signature at that moment as 
well, place it over it instead.

I don't know what's the common practise in engraving though.

Erik