markup attached to multirests

[Kris Shaffer]

Text markup applied to a multirest cannot be moved with extra-offset or  
padding.  For example, the code

        \once \override TextScript #'padding = #3
        R1*4^\markup {rit. }

will not make any adjustments to the text padding.  It will be centered  
over the measure, at a fixed hieght, no matter what adjustments are made  
to padding or extra-offset.  The manual mentions use of

        \once \override TextScript #'padding = #3
        s1*0^\markup {rit. }
        R1*4

to control the placement of the text.  However, this means that when  
adding \fatText before the markup, the width of the multirest is not  
affected.  Thus there is no way both to adjust text placement and stretch  
the bar to include all the markup text.

According to an email from Han-Wen in the user mailing list, the grob is  
MultiMeasureRest{Text }.

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Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
www.shaffermusic.com