Re: Vertical edges on TextSpanners?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please always tell what LilyPond version you use to
be sure to get a relevant answer.
If you use version 2.11.14 or earlier, you can do
\override TextSpanner #'edge-height = #'(0 . 1.2)
if you have a more recent 2.11 version, the solution is
a bit more complicate. The easiest way to figure out is
to specify a lower version number and use convert-ly
to update the syntax.

 /Mats

Daniel Johnson wrote:

> I was recently typesetting a Gershwin song with a very short (2-note) ottava
> bracket, which needed the octavation text "8va bassa ad lib." This text is too
> long for the bracket, so I considered reducing text size and using column
> markup; but the Staff.octavation property takes text, not markup, and it doesn't
> support font-size.  Then I tried using a TextSpanner, but was unsuccessful in
> getting the vertical edge at the end of the spanner.  It seems that these
> vertical edges are only supported for grobs that support the
> horizontal-bracket-interface.
>
> This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way of forcing the
> TextSpanner to implement the horizontal-bracket-interface?  I'm sure this would
> involve overriding the stencil, which would be a daunting (if even possible)
> task.  Anyone have any ideas?
>
> --Daniel
>
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