Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 46, Issue 59

[Henrik Frisk]

> Hi,
> 
> Still working on edge-text adjustments ...
> 
> In the snippet below, I've got exactly what I want -- thanks to much
> help from the list -- with the one exception that the padding of the
> two vertical spanners is off-center relative to each piece of edge
> text. Notice that the solid horizontal line runs into the (lefthand
> sides) of the "b" and "c" edge text (though the righthand sides are
> nicely cushioned by whitespace).
> 
To get what I think you want, I use combinations of #'bound-padding and
#'extra-offset. In your example I would decrease the #'bound-padding
(which, btw can take float values and values greater/smaller than -1
to 1) and use #'extra-offset = (-1.0 . 0.) to move the entire spanner to
the left. It's tricky and time consuming but works. In your example it
would work for the first spanner, I'm not sure about the second.
> 
> So the question is: "Is there a way to control left- and
> right-bound-padding independently?". I'd like to say something like
> ...
> 
>   \override TextSpanner #'bound-padding-left = #1
>   \override TextSpanner #'bound-padding-right = #2

I would love this!

/henrik