Re: Adjusting OttavaBracket parameters (was "Re: can't seem to apply tweaks on tweaks")

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Harm,

> Let me ensure you, my table has some nice bite marks more …

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> All this predefining markups down/above/parenthesized is way too
> tedious and error-prone and would need to be done for
> double-ottavation as well ...
> And \raise will break whenever you want to use another \fontsize …

Agreed.

> I tried a general approach.

Well… It’s definitely impressive.
And much appreciated.

But SWEET GOTT IN HIMMEL, this should be 1/100th the effort, right?
I mean, all I want to do is set the normal and broken text, and ensure the line 
aligns as per the accepted convention.

And as soon as this OttavaBracket stuff is locked down, I have the same issue 
with PianoPedals.  =\

> Please look at the attached png and test the attached code.
> Tell me what isn't sufficient.

In your sample file, it looks perfect.
I’ll roll it into my current engraving and report back.

Thanks!
Kieren.
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