Re: extenders in figured bass without a figure in front

[C.Flothow]

Am 25.12.2011 18:13, schrieb James:
> Hello,
>
> On 25 December 2011 16:43, C.Flothow<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Hej!
> > in a piece which I've been transscribing there is repeatedly an extender
> > line in the figured bass without a number in front. This means of course:
> > hold the accord.
> > I've tried to indicate this with a markup, but that's of course not the
> > same.
> >
> > % --------------------------------------------------------------
> > \version "2.14.0"
> >
> > {\key g \major \clef bass
> >     d d'_\markup{------} c'
> > }
> > % --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Is there a way for producing a "real" extender line here? I've not found how
> > to do that in the docs. Have I missed something?
> Yes ;)
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/snippets/expressive-marks#changing-text-and-spanner-styles-for-text-dynamics
>
> Use
>
> \override DynamicTextSpanner #'style = #'line
>
> instead
>
> Hope this helps.
That was a quick answer but sadly not to my question.
I did not intend to keep the markup-ting in the bass-notes because it is 
clearly something which belongs to the B.c player. Already for part of 
the violoncello it would be quite distracting! My markup construction 
was just a makeshift prop because I had to get the thing out for the 
cembalo where I marked the corresponding pieces with a black felttip to 
make it work. But I thought I might as well ask for the next time. I 
would really like to have an extenderline belonging to the figured bass 
just without to have to write a starting figure.
(And besides I've not found how to make text-spanner thing work because 
I've got no text.)
Chris