Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-19 Thread Peter Toye
: Mon, 13 May 2013 03:23:51 +0200 From: Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com To: Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height? Message-ID: CABsfGyV+ikcYDGi-o=ue6kd7dsxz4gmdrfmhtizx_ydpwfz

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-17 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Jim, On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Jim Long lilyp...@umpquanet.com wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:19:25PM +0100, Peter Toye wrote: I found the cres--cen--do conversation - it seems that there's a general need for a new form of text spanner which can spread out the text. At the

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-16 Thread David Nalesnik
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:05 PM, SoundsFromSound soundsfromso...@gmail.comwrote: David Nalesnik-2 wrote 2013/5/15 SoundsFromSound lt; soundsfromsound@ gt;: TOne question though: what would be the easiest way to center this span (so the dashes line up in the center of the words,

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-16 Thread Jim Long
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:19:25PM +0100, Peter Toye wrote: I found the cres--cen--do conversation - it seems that there's a general need for a new form of text spanner which can spread out the text. At the risk of seeming a curmudgeon, I would refute general. I'm unclear on what the

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread Peter Toye
I found the cres--cen--do conversation - it seems that there's a general need for a new form of text spanner which can spread out the text. I'm not a Lilypond programmer, and don't really want to become one. What's the best way of suggesting this as a new feature? Meanwhile I'll try Nick's

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/5/15 Peter Toye lilyp...@ptoye.com: I found the cres--cen--do conversation - it seems that there's a general need for a new form of text spanner which can spread out the text. I'm not a Lilypond programmer, and don't really want to become one. What's the best way of suggesting this as a

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread SoundsFromSound
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Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/5/15 SoundsFromSound soundsfromso...@gmail.com: This is perfect for what I need. Thank you. One question though: what would be the easiest way to center this span (so the dashes line up in the center of the words, rather than along the bottom of the letters)? Translate the

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread David Nalesnik
2013/5/15 SoundsFromSound soundsfromso...@gmail.com: TOne question though: what would be the easiest way to center this span (so the dashes line up in the center of the words, rather than along the bottom of the letters)? I've always seen the dashes lined up along the bottom of the

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-15 Thread SoundsFromSound
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How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-12 Thread Peter Toye
I need to have a sequence of text spanners (like Rall --- en --- tan --- do) The problem is that because of the varying height of objects on the stave, the following code places the different bits of text at different vertical positions. I can't see anything in the documentation about forcing

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-12 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Peter, On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Peter Toye lilyp...@ptoye.com wrote: I need to have a sequence of text spanners (like Rall --- en --- tan --- do) The problem is that because of the varying height of objects on the stave, the following code places the different bits of text at

Re: How to get multiple text spanners at the same height?

2013-05-12 Thread Nick Payne
On 12/05/13 23:45, Peter Toye wrote: I need to have a sequence of text spanners (like Rall --- en --- tan --- do) The problem is that because of the varying height of objects on the stave, the following code places the different bits of text at different vertical positions. Someone asked