Re: Place objects by hand

[David Nalesnik]

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Trevor Daniels <address@hidden>
wrote:

>
> Noeck wrote Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:46 AM
>
>
> > That would be nice, but your example puts the f on the left of the upper
> > note and not centralized between the staves (I am using 2.19.15).
>
> You're right, Joram, \offset is not a solution.  In fact, it seems to
> point to
> another problem with \offset.  In this example it prevents the dynamic
> text being centered between the staves.  I don't understand why it should
> have this effect.
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> \new PianoStaff <<
>   \new Staff { g-_ g c' }
>   \new Dynamics {
>     \once \offset X-offset -3 DynamicText
>     s\f s s\p
>   }
>   \new Staff { \clef bass g'-_ g' g' }
> >>
>
> Trevor
>

No, it's not a problem with \offset.

Substitute this for the call to \offset, and you'll see that it's actually
an issue with X-offset here:

 \once \override DynamicText.X-offset = #-3

--David