Re: Guitar String Numbers

[Mats Bengtsson]

David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> Is there a way of using the backspace ($\\!$) with \markup?  I hope
> there is, but I couldn't find it.

You have already described how to do it. The problem is that when
LilyPond positions the markup, it tries to find out how much space
the markup occupies and since it doesn't understand LaTeX, it typically
thinks that the LaTeX commands take more space than they actually do.

> Using \markup leaves the ring
> contents
> considerably to the right of center also.  daveA

I'm not sure what you mean. \markup {"\\textcircled{\\tiny 1}"}
certainly puts the one in the middle of the circle (this is done
entirely by LaTeX, LilyPond doesn't affect that). If you are talking
about centering the full markup relative to the note head, then you
probably see the problem described above.

  /Mats