On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Trevor Bača <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Stefan Thomas <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Dear lilypond users,
> > in the below quoted file, the end of the text spanner is a little bit to
> > early, in my opinion. What can I do, to move it a little to the right?
> > Thanks for Your help
> > Stefan
> >
> > mute = {\textSpannerUp \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left
> > #'text = \markup {\italic "mute" } \override TextSpanner #'style =
> > #'dashed-line \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #0.01 \override
> > TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text = \markup { \draw-line #'(0 . -1)
> > } }
> >
> > \relative
> > { \mute d\startTextSpan e f e d2\stopTextSpan c1
> > }<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user>
>
>
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> There's an #'attach-dir property that's useful for this sort of thing.
> TextSpanner #'left #'attach-dir defaults to #-1 (meaning the left edge of
> the parent notehead). This makes sense. Oddly, however, TextSpanner #'right
> #'attach-dir likewise defaults to #-1. This is weird. It would be better for
> TextSpanner #'right #'attach-dir to default to #1 (meaning the *RIGHT* edge
> of the parent notehead).
>
> Fortunately, this is easy to override:
>
> %%% BEGIN %%%
>
> \version "2.11.34"
>
> mute = {
> \textSpannerUp
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text =
> \markup {\italic "mute" } \override TextSpanner #'style =
> #'dashed-line
> \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #0.01
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'attach-dir = #1
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text =
> \markup { \draw-line #'(0 . -1) }
> }
>
> \relative
> { \mute d\startTextSpan e f e d2\stopTextSpan c1 }
>
> %%% END %%%
>
>
> Now the spanner nib lines up exactly at the right edge of the final
> notehead.
>
> Personally, I prefer the spanner to be even a bit longer in the X
> direction. There's a padding attribute that is helpful here:
>
>
> %%% BEGIN %%%
>
> \version "2.11.34"
>
> mute = {
> \textSpannerUp
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text =
> \markup {\italic "mute" } \override TextSpanner #'style =
> #'dashed-line
> \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #0.01
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'attach-dir = #1
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text =
> \markup { \draw-line #'(0 . -1) }
> \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #-0.5
> }
>
> \relative
> { \mute d\startTextSpan e f e d2\stopTextSpan c1 }
>
>
> %%% END %%%
>
>
> Note that you could make all of your adjusts using only #'right #'padding.
> But it's better to set #'right #'attach-dir first, and then save #'right
> #'padding for optical tweaks only.
>
Oh, and you might like to try setting #'stencil-align-dir-y to #0 to try out
centering the spanner vertically relative to the left text.
And you might also try changing "mute" to "mute " (note the extra space) as
a way of getting some whitespace after the left text and before the start of
the spanner.
So the complete cluster of settings might look like this:
%%% BEGIN %%%
\version "2.11.34"
mute = {
\textSpannerUp
\override TextSpanner #'style = #'dashed-line
\override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #0.01
\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text =
\markup {\italic "mute " }
\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'stencil-align-dir-y = #0
\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'attach-dir = #1
\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text =
\markup { \draw-line #'(0 . -1) }
\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #-0.5
}
\relative
{ \mute d\startTextSpan e f e d2\stopTextSpan c1 }
%%% END %%%
--
Trevor Bača
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