Re: ottavation function

[Simon Albrecht]

On 30.10.2015 22:01, Gilberto Agostinho wrote:
> Second thing, try this code:
>
> \relative c'' {
>    R1*7
>    \ottavation #1 c8 \ottavation #0 d, d d d d d d
> }
>
> It will output only "8va" without the vertical line. I believe that,
> according to Gould, we always need to have the vertical "hook" in the end of
> an 8va, so probably we need something analogous to \textLengthOn here.

Try:
\layout {
  \context {
    \Staff
    \override OttavaBracket.springs-and-rods = 
#ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods
    %\override OttavaBracket.minimum-length = 0.3
  }
}
and adjust minimum-length to taste.
This can be easily included in a style-sheet.

Yours, Simon