Re: How to prevent Lilypond from cutting off markup?

[Thomas Morley]

Hi James,

2012/1/22 James <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> On 21 January 2012 23:36, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> 2012/1/21 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tobias Leupold" <address@hidden>
>>> To: <address@hidden>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:08 AM
>>> Subject: How to prevent Lilypond from cutting off markup?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi there :-)
>>>>
>>>> I have a quite basic problem that could not be solved by the forums. By
>>>> default, markup that is set close to the right page margin is simply cut
>>>> off.
>>>> For example:
>>>>
>>>> \relative c' {
>>>> c4 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
>>>> c ^\markup { \large \bold "Abgeschnitten" }
>>>> c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
>>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> The simplest way is to upgrade to 2.14
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phil Holmes
>>
>> as Leopold wrote this was discussed already in the (german)
>> lilypond-forum. Of course the upgrade was suggested. But it doesn't
>> solve the problem.
>> 2.12.3 cuts off the markup (see the first attached png)
>> 2.14.2 moves the NoteColumn (see the second png). This is ugly, too.
>> (same with 2.15.20)
>
> Improve to what?
>
> While cutting off is not acceptable, if you are tying something to a
> note (which is what the ^ markup does) and that is long what else do
> you expect?
>
> If we take your example where should the 4th note sit? Left aligned?
> Centre? then what happens with the other notes or why not just use
> \mark and break-align accordingly? or do you expect the text to hang
> over the end of the measure?
>
> The 2.14 example is *exactly* what I would expect to happen if you are
> tying something to a note.
>
> I don't understand what you expect, other than you don't 'like' it.
>
> --
> --
>
> James

the point is not that I would expect something special in this case as
a default (I'm fine with the way 2.14.2 handles it).
But I was looking for an automated optional method to insert \break
before the bar with the long markup-text, as Tobias requested in his
initial mail.
But it seems not to be possible, as Mike remarked.

Cheers,
  Harm