Re: Cross-"fertilization" between Dynamics w/ Lyrics and Keep_alive_together_engraver

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Rutger,

> What setting can I apply to get correct horizontal spacing in the second case?

One possibility:

        \new GrandStaff \with {
            \consists Keep_alive_together_engraver
            \override LyricText.extra-spacing-width = #empty-interval
        } <<

Not a big fan of this whole approach, though…

> Rationale: I use this Lyrics tric in my MarkLines to create a spanner with 
> the spanner elements at specific times, and also at a fixed vertical offset. 
> I cannot use David Nalesnik's textSpannerInnerTexts because their spacing of 
> the words doesn't depend on the musical time. I cannot use multiple 
> TextSpanners, because (at least in parts with few or no notes) the vertical 
> offset of the texts is not constant: I saw situations where they are stacked 
> 3 high.

Use extra-spacing-height and -width (and related properties and macros) to 
force horizontal shifting — that will correct the stacking problem.
Then you’ll be using TextSpanners (as you should be) rather than [overloading] 
Lyrics.

Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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