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+\version "2.17.6"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "The @code{outside-staff-placement-directive} adjusts
+ the order in which objects are placed outside the staff."
+}
+
+music = \transpose c c' { f2^"some" f^"words" f^"that" f^"overlap" }
+
+{
+ \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.outside-staff-placement-directive =
+ #'left-to-right-polite
+ \tempo left-to-right-polite \music }
+{
+ \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.outside-staff-placement-directive =
+ #'left-to-right-greedy
+ \tempo left-to-right-greedy \music }
+{
+ \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.outside-staff-placement-directive =
+ #'right-to-left-polite
+ \tempo right-to-left-polite \music }
+{
+ \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.outside-staff-placement-directive =
+ #'right-to-left-greedy
+ \tempo right-to-left-greedy \music }