On 2021-10-22 10:42 am, Kevin Cole wrote:
> The subject line pretty much says it all:
>
> I have two columns of additional verse lyrics to a song following the
> score, and I'm wondering if there's a simple way to add a vertical
> line centered between them that is as "tall" as the two columns of
> lyrics.
>
> I'm still pretty new to LilyPond, hence the "simple". ;-)
The simplest option is to manually insert a \draw-line command.
%%%%
\markup \concat {
\left-column { "Lorem ipsum" "dolor sit amet," }
\hspace #2 \raise #1 \draw-line #'(0 . -4) \hspace #2
\left-column { consectetur "adipiscing elit." }
}
%%%%
Luv'ly. Thanks. Randomly playing around with the numeric values gave me a reasonable "beginner's sense" of what's happening. Just the thing.
If you want something more automated, you could use a custom markup
command like this:
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#(define-markup-command
(line-between layout props left right)
(markup? markup?)
#:properties ((padding 0.5))
(let* ((left-sten (interpret-markup layout props left))
(left-yex (ly:stencil-extent left-sten Y))
(right-sten (interpret-markup layout props right))
(right-yex (ly:stencil-extent right-sten Y))
(combined-yex (interval-union left-yex right-yex))
(offset (car combined-yex))
(height (interval-length combined-yex)))
(interpret-markup layout props #{
\markup \concat {
#left \hspace #padding
\raise #offset \draw-line #(cons 0 height)
\hspace #padding #right
} #} )))
\markup
\override #'(padding . 3)
\line-between
\left-column { "Lorem ipsum" "dolor sit amet," }
\left-column { consectetur "adipiscing elit." }
%%%%
At the moment, that's a bridge too far, though I suspect I'll be wanting to do this more often. So, I'll keep the automated custom markup script in my "back pocket" for now.
Thanks again.