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

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Kevin;

  I commented that line out because I get an error when engraving it.

GNU LilyPond 2.22.1 (running Guile 2.2)
Processing `Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly'
Parsing...
Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:56:4: error: syntax error,
unexpected MUSIC_FUNCTION, expecting UNSIGNED or NUMBER_IDENTIFIER or
REAL
  -
   \tweak outside-staff-priority #605
Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:57:5: error: wrong type for
argument 3.  Expecting music, found (markup #:line (#:bold (#:fontsize
4 "a tempo")))

    \markup { \bold \fontsize #4 "a tempo" }
Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:173:3: error: errors found,
ignoring music expression

  \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" }
Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:182:3: error: errors found,
ignoring music expression

  <<
fatal error: failed files: "Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly"

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 2:42 AM Kevin Barry <barrykp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 "|."
> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%