Hi Evan -
Just above the section you linked to is a bit titled "Changing text and
spanner styles for text dynamics" that seems to be what you're asking about.
Short version:
\set crescendoText = \markup { \italic { molto cresc } }
\set crescendoSpanner = #'text
should be either what you're wanting or pretty close to it.
Michael
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 1:06 AM Evan Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote:
> The manual describes (
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#new-dynamic-marks)
> how to create new dynamics with custom markup...
>
> ...but it doesn't say how to combine that with an indication like "cresc."
> that gets a spanner attached to it, and my searches and playing around
> aren't turning up anything.
>
> How would I do something like \cresc (with its default behavior of
> emitting a spanner) but with custom text, e.g. "molto cresc"?
>
> Evan
>
