On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 9:53 AM Lukas-Fabian Moser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Brin,
>
> > \markup { \box "some text" }
> >
> > Looking at it as it renders in 2.26.0, the box is a little close to
> > the text for my taste. In the markup appendix of the notation manual
> > (
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/text-markup-commands),
>
> > I can see that inside a \markup block, it's possible to override
> > box-padding to adjust this property. My question: Is there a way to do
> > this globally for the entire score at once? There are dozens of these
> > boxed items in the score I'm working on, and it would be a real pain
> > to go in and adjust each one individually.
>
> You can do:
>
> \paper {
> property-defaults.box-padding = 2
> }
>
> I'm not really sure whether this is documented clearly enough.
>
> Lukas
>
>
Ah thanks, that works perfectly! I never would have thought to try that in
a million years.
Thanks,
brin
--
And she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun,
And she forgot the blue above the trees,
And she forgot the dells where waters run,
And she forgot the chilly autumn breeze...
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