Re: How to do TextSpanner + markup + override vertical placement all at the same time?

[Kevin Barry]

Hi Kenneth,

I think you can fix the problem with the relative positioning by
setting the 'outside-staff-priority, e.g.:

\tweak #'outside-staff-priority #0 \ottava 1

will cause the ottava marking to be put closer to the staff than the text span.

Kevin

On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 01:35, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi;
>
>   I figured out how to get the formatting of the "a tempo" and "rall."
> merged with the text spanning; but I still can't seem to figure out
> how to get the "a tempo" to be above the ottava marking.
>
>   Updated screenshot attached.
>
>   Attached full Lilypond code as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:05 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> >   I know how to generate a bold and large "rall." and "a tempo".
> >
> >   I know how to get a text span.
> >
> >   How to merge these two concepts?
> >
> >   Also I need to put the "a tempo" above the ottava.
> >
> >   I think I now how to do that in a more simple context, but I'm
> > struggling here.
> >
> >   I have attached two screenshots.
> >
> >   The example is the music I'm trying to engrave from while the other
> > screenshot is what I've asked Lilypond to do,
> >
> > I have enclosed below an excerpt of my Lilypond code.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > \version "2.22.0"
> > ...
> >   \language "english"
> > ...
> > a_tempo = ^\markup { \bold "A tempo" }
> > rall = ^\markup { \bold "rall." }
> > rit = ^\markup { \bold "rit." }
> > ...
> > %\break
> >   bf'4. \( g'8 af' g' f' ef'                             | % m18
> >   \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rall."
> >   g'4 bf8 c'\startTextSpan ef'2 \)                       | % m19
> >   f'8 \( g' ef''8. c''16 bf'8.\fermata c''16 ef'8. f'16  | % m20
> >   g'4 g'8 f' ef'2\stopTextSpan \)                        | % m21
> > %\break
> >   \ottava 1
> >     \transpose c c' {
> >     \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "a tempo"
> >     \grace { af'16\startTextSpan } g'8 \( f' g' bf' bf' g'' g''4 \)  | % m22
> >     c''8 \( af'' ef'' f'' g''4\stopTextSpan \) r                     | % m23
> >   }
> >   \ottava 0
> >   f''8\rall \( g'' ef''' c''' bf'' c'' ef'' f''                    | % m24
> >   g''4 g''8 f'' <g' ef''>4 \) s                                    | % m25
> >   \bar "|."
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%