On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 6:48 PM Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> wrote:
> 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:
>
> %%%%
> #(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.
