4 texidoc
= "Ottava brackets are supported, through the
5 use of the music function @code{\\ottava}.
7 The spanner should go below a staff for 8va bassa, and the ottavation
8 markup can be tuned with @code{Staff.ottavation}.
16 %% . There must be a minimum distance between the octavation line and the
17 %% topmost staff line, taking into account the height of the closing
18 %% vertical dashed line.
20 %% . Octavation lines broken across staves must always start with `8va'
21 %% (or something similar).
23 %% . The `8va' should be slightly offset to the left.
25 %% . The final vertical dashed line of the octavation line should be offset
28 %% . Octavation lines for `8va bassa' must be below the staff, not above.
30 %% . The `8va bassa' string is far too long for short octavation lines.
31 %% LilyPond should select between `8va bassa', `8ba', and `8', depending
32 %% on the available horizontal space (and the octavation style selected
33 %% by the user). The same holds for `8va' and `15ma'.
36 \layout { ragged-right
= ##t
}
52 \set Staff
.ottavation
= #"8"
57 \set Staff
.ottavation
= \markup { \concat { 8 \tiny \raise #0.8 vb
}}
62 \set Staff
.ottavation
= #"8"
67 \set Staff
.ottavation
= #"8"