Re: Short TextSpanner

[Peter Buhr]

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/writing-text#index-text-spanners_002c-formatting

   See the two snippets, they might help.

Well, not that helpful. What kind of "Event" should I specify? And my guess is
that span will still try to put a line of some form after the text.

   Also

   http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/internals/textspanner

   You can use a dash length of '0.0'

Yea, I tired that already and lots of other stuff, too (see below). It does
make the line invisible, but TextSpanner is still leaving a blank horizontal
space after the text that is the same length as the line. You can see this by
toggling dashed-line to solid-line below; the position of C5 remains constant
in either case, but the line toggles on and off.

\version "2.13.9"
\include "english.ly"
#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
#(set-global-staff-size 24)
notes = \relative c' {
        \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
        \override TextSpanner #'style = #'solid-line
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text = \markup { 
\draw-line #'(0 . -1 ) }
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text = \markup{ 
\center-align { "C3" } }
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #'-1
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'stencil-align-dir-y = 
#CENTER
        <c-1 c'-3 e-4 g-1>4
        \startTextSpan
        \override TextSpanner #'style = #'dashed-line % toggle to solid-line
        \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #'-1
        \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #'0
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text = \markup{ 
\left-align { "C5" } }
        \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text = \markup { "" }
        <f-1 c'-2 f-4 a-3>4
        \stopTextSpan
        \startTextSpan
        <g-3 b-2 d-1 g-1>4
        \stopTextSpan
        \stemDown
        <c, c' e g>4^\markup{ \left-align { "C7" } }
} % relative
\score {
        <<
                \context Voice = one {
                        \notes
                }
        >>
} % score

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