I have no idea how you actually call "seems to work",
namely just _how_ you want self-alignment-X to get factored in,
considering that the whole point of the dynText function is
to figure out an alignment yielding a text-dependent reference point.
Sorry I haven't been clear.
Here is a concrete description/example of what I want, and what I would say "works":
1. Attached is a screenshot of a current score I'm engraving.
2. I've used \dynText to create the dynamic "mp intensely".
3. Since the layout is such that this falls at the very end of a system, it messes up the horizontal spacing.
4. Using the edition-engraver, I'd like to set self-alignment-X = #RIGHT (which would allow the note spacing to normalize) and then use either X-offset or extra-offset to nudge the dynamic back to the right (to approximate the "proper" alignment). If I can do that, the mechanism (i.e., function + post-hoc tweak) "works".
that is something you need to figure out before even starting to "poke around".
Although I clearly did not communicate my intention well enough, I knew *exactly* what I wanted before I started poking around.
Thanks,
Kieren.
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
‣ email: address@hidden