Hi Jean!

Thank you so much! That worked. I will have to keep this in mind. It's
interesting that the OttavaSpanner doesn't have something similar. Why is
that?

-Molly

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 2:37 AM Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]> wrote:

> Le 13/12/2021 à 04:03, Molly Preston a écrit :
> > Hi again.
> >
> > I have a similar problem to the 8va showing up after line breaks. I
> > made a text spanner that's a rit.-----
> >
> > It shows up on the line after a break. I tried to modify the scheme
> > code slightly like this:
> >
> >
> >   \version "2.22.1"
> >   \new Staff
> >    \absolute  {
> >         #(define (text-callback grob)
> >   (let* (
> >          ; have we been split?
> >          (orig (ly:grob-original grob))
> >          ; if yes, get the split pieces (our siblings)
> >          (siblings (if (ly:grob? orig)
> >  (ly:spanner-broken-into orig) '() )))
> >    (if (and (>= (length siblings) 2)
> >              (not (eq? (car siblings) grob)))
> >      (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text #f)
> >      (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'stencil (ly:line-spanner::print
> > grob)))))
> >       \override TextSpanner.after-line-breaking = #text-callback
> >      \time 6/8
> >       \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup {\bold
> > rit. }
> >         \override TextSpanner.after-line-breaking = ##f
> >            \override TextSpanner.font-shape = #'upright
> >          \override TextSpanner.to-barline = ##t
> >    \override TextSpanner.staff-padding = #6
> >                    dis''2. \> \startTextSpan  |
> >                    \break
> >                   ais'2. \fermata \!  |
> >                         \tempo \markup { \concat  {"Anxious"  \hspace
> > #0.75 %{\general-align #Y #DOWN%}
> >  \note-by-number #1 #0 #UP \hspace  #1
> >  \musicglyph "ties.lyric.short" \hspace  #1
> > \note-by-number #2 #1 #UP
> >       " = "
> >         \hspace #0.5
> >       ca. \hspace #0.5  "40"
> >                      }
> >     }
> >  \time 7/8
> >  \clef bass
> >   \set Timing.beatStructure = 4,3
> > \once \override DynamicText.Y-offset = # 3
> >   <ees ees'>8\( \f \stopTextSpan  <d d'> <des des' > <d d'> <fis fis'
> > >\) -. <d d' >\( <fis fis' >\) -.
> >     }
> >
> > This didn't work though and I'm wondering if the stencil is wrong or
> > something? Not sure how it works.
>
>
>
> For text spanners, there is a simpler interface.
> details at the left are taken either from bound-details.left
> or from the combination of bound-details.left-broken and
> bound-details.left. In this case, just set the
> property in left-broken accordingly.
>
>    \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup {\bold rit. }
>    \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left-broken.text = ""
>
>
> Best,
> Jean
>
>

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