Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2445 in lilypond: Center a number above a measure

[lilypond]

Comment #10 on issue 2445 by address@hidden: Center a number above a  
measure
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2445

@Themu...

Thanks for this observation!  It turns out that I chose a wrong reference  
point in my calculations and the numbers ended up being the width of a bar  
line off.  I wouldn't have noticed this, but it's very clear when you line  
things up like you do.

You can number a single measure with this engraver.  It's not particularly  
convenient, and I could look into a way to allow you to do this without  
explicitly starting and stopping a spanner.

You can start the numbering on any number you'd like by overriding  
the 'counter property.  This contains the first number in the sequence.

The problem with not being able to number the first measure comes from the  
fact that the engraver uses bar lines.  The second version I posted to this  
issue uses NonMusicalPaperColumn and you _can_ number the first measure  
with that one, but it creates problems with vertical spacing which I  
couldn't fix.  (The number is ignored when systems are stacked; you can  
force a number to go into the system above.)  I'll keep working on this  
issue.

Thanks for looking into this!

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