Re: DurationLine avoiding RehearsalMarks

[Thomas Morley]

Am Mo., 11. Apr. 2022 um 09:53 Uhr schrieb Mark Knoop <mark@opus11.net>:
>
>
> At 19:12 on 10 Apr 2022, Mark Knoop wrote:
> > I'm trying to debug some issues I'm having with the new DurationLine grob. 
> > Previously I've been using a TextSpanner to achieve similar results.
> >
> > One issue is that DurationLine adds space at the left side of a broken 
> > spanner, seemingly to avoid overlapping with a RehearsalMark. I'd like it 
> > to start underneath the RehearsalMark, as the TextSpanner does.
> >
> > The problem is illustrated in this example.
> >
> > \version "2.23.6"
> > \header { tagline = ##f }
> > \score {
> >   <<
> >     \new Dynamics {
> >       \repeat unfold 31 { s1 \mark \default }
> >     }
> >     \new Voice \with {
> >       \consists Duration_line_engraver
> >     } {
> >       c'1:32\-^\markup "using DurationLine" s1*18
> >       s1
> >       \override TextSpanner.style = #'line
> >       \override TextSpanner.thickness = #4
> >       \override TextSpanner.outside-staff-priority = ##f
> >       \override TextSpanner.Y-offset = #0
> >       r4\startTextSpan^\markup "using TextSpanner" 4 4 4
> >       R1*16
> >       <>\stopTextSpan
> >       R1
> >     }
> >   >>
> > }
>
> I'm able to remove the extra space with
>
>    \override Score.RehearsalMark.non-musical = ##f
>
> but this has some undesirable consequences for RehearsalMark positioning. Is 
> there a way to set this only for RehearsalMarks at the start of a line?
>
> --
> Mark Knoop
>

Hi Mark,

DurationLine is designed not to be printed if breakable items at
line-end/start are present, like Clef, KeySignature etc.
I wasn't aware RehearsalMark is ofcourse one of them.
Currently I'm preparing a patch to disregard RehearsalMark.
Is your use-case urgent?

Cheers,
  Harm