Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

[Phil Burfitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:59 PM
Subject: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes


> Hi,
>
> in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some issues
> with it:
>
> - why is the first dash longer than the other(s),
>   is this a design decision (if yes, why)?
>   can it be modified?
> - is it possible to make a TextSpanner always to align
>   to the right edge of the score (i.e. the barline)
>   and let the dash structure adapt to that?
>   (I see the 'right-bound-info' property but didn't
>    find any helpful information on that alist)
> - is it possible to tweak
>   - the attachment of the first dash to the text and
>   - the vertical position of the dashes (i.e. raise
>     it a little bit relatively to the text)
>   ?
>
> Thanks for any explanation or ideas
> Urs

Hi Urs,

You can change the look of the dashes (add your own numbers) ...

\override TextSpanner.dash-period = #0.8
\override TextSpanner.dash-fraction = #0.2

and you could add a space after "rit.". ie. "rit. ".

or maybe...

\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup { "rit." \hspace 
#0.5 }

You could also superscript a space after "rit." which would raise the dashed 
line, or maybe use \vspace or \raise.


Don't know if that helps?

Phil.