On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi David, > >> These properties are accessed like >> \override #'(left-pad . -1) >> as any markup override. > > I tried that, of course — it returns > > error: not a key > \override > #'(left-pad . -1) le,~au soir, __ à __ la chan -- del -- le, __ > > This is in a \lyricmode block, if that makes a difference. >
\override is actually a markup command here, and as such needs to be preceded by \markup. -David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user