>>> This is the solution I will use, since David's solution doesn't >>> really work for me: As the attached image for this snippet shows, >>> the staff line gets enlarged horizontally to the left. Using the >>> baloon stuff, the text properly sticks out. >> >> What about >> >> \new Staff >> { >> \tweak stencil >> #(grob-transformer 'stencil >> (lambda (grob default) >> (grob-interpret-markup grob >> #{ \markup \with-dimensions-from "a" \column {
Well, this is cheating, isn't it? >> \stencil #default >> \vspace #-2.5 >> \center-align "This is a long, centered text" } #}))) >> \time 2/4 c'1 >> } >> >> Hope that helps! > > Uh, I think the balloon version is a whole lot more appropriate for > that use case and cleaner anyway. I agree. Werner _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user