Re: \textLengthOn relative to bar lines instead of following note

[Robert Hickman]

On 24 April 2018 at 15:41, Robert Hickman <address@hidden> wrote:
> \textLengthOn Makes lilypond format relative to the length of the
> textual annotations instead of the notes. However it does this by
> inserting a huge gap between the note with the annotation and the next
> note. Is there a command that does the same thing relative to the bar
> lines. e.g. formats notes normally and moves the gap to the end of the
> bar?

I am annotating only the first note in the bar and the large gap which
is being added looks bad.

\version "2.18.2"

\header {tagline = ""}
{
    %\override TextScript.Y-offset = #5
    %\override TextScript.staff-padding = #5
    \numericTimeSignature
    \textLengthOn
    \time 4/4
    %\omit Staff.TimeSignature

    \partial 2 a'4\cut^\markup { Unprefixed }( a'4\strike) | a'4
(a'4\cut^\markup { Prefixed } a'4\strike)
}