TextSpanner length?

[Stewart Holmes]

Consider:

 

\once \override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #'("CVIII" . "")

s8\startTextSpan s8 s4 s s\stopTextSpan |

 

This makes the TextSpanner too far to the right for my taste, so I move it with:

 

\override TextSpanner #'extra-offset = #'(-2 . 0)

 

However, the line of the spanner is now too short. I tried:

 

\override TextSpanner #'minimum-length = #'25,

 

but to no avail.

 

Cheers,

Stewart