Re: temporarily overriding paper variables

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:

>>>> If you don't want vertical padding, your horizontal dimensions
>>>> must be an empty interval, not a point interval.
>>>
>>> OK, but how do I do that for `\markup`?
>> 
>> Maybe this:   \markup \with-dimension #X #empty-interval ...
>> 
>> (Assumes you are using 2.24 that supports the axis-specific
>> command.)
>
> Nope, doesn't work: I tried
>
> ```
> \markup \with-dimensions #empty-interval #empty-interval {
>   ... }
> ```
>
> and the padding to the next score gets still applied.  I suspect that
> the 'empty interval' trick only works for stuff within a score but not
> on the top level.

I'd be tempted to call that a bug: it runs contrary to the idea of "only
spacing" in markup.  Of course, having implemented that concept myself,
you could consider me to blame, and also there would be the question of
just how to position a watermark when the spacing specific to its own
kind of vertical element is not being applied.  Probably just next to
the preceding element.

-- 
David Kastrup