Re: Simultaneous text spanners

[James W.]

For what it's worth, to get rid of the clashing note column warning in
the terminal, just substitute the notes in the "hidden" voices with
fake notes (spacer rests) of the appropriate duration.

James Worlton

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:16 PM, James W. <address@hidden> wrote:
> (My original reply went to David only, sorry)
> Thanks, for your quick response David. It's a little less elegant than I
> was hoping for, but it does work!
>
> Any alternative solutions out there? If not, that's fine, David's solution
> does work.
>
> Thanks,
> James Worlton
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, David Stocker
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> One possible solution is to make a hidden voice. The code is a little more
>> laborious, and you'll get lots of clashing note column warnings from the
>> terminal, but it produces two separate spanners with individual start and
>> stop points.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> David
>>
>> %%begin duling-spanners
>>
>> \version "2.13.6"
>>
>> spanOne = {
>>  \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { "span one" }
>> }
>>
>> spanTwo = {
>>  \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { "span two" }
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>>  \new Staff {
>>    \clef "bass"
>>    \time 4/4
>>    <<
>>      \new Voice = "visible" {
>>    \relative c {
>>      \oneVoice
>>      \spanOne c4 \startTextSpan c c c
>>      d4 d d d \stopTextSpan
>>      e4 e e e
>>    }
>>      }
>>      \new Voice = "hidden" {
>>    \relative c {
>>      \hideNotes
>>      c4 c \spanTwo c \startTextSpan c
>>      d4 d d d
>>      e4 e \stopTextSpan e e
>>    }
>>      }
>>    >>
>>  }
>>  \layout { }
>> }
>>
>> %%end duling-spanners
>>
>> James W. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Kind of new to Lilypond (been using it for a few months), but love it so
>>> far.
>>>
>>> My question: Is it possible to have simultaneous text spanners in a single
>>> voice context? In my example below, there are obvious problems with the
>>> two undistinguished \stopTextSpanner commands. But I think it illustrates
>>> what I'm trying to do. If it is not possible this way, how would I go
>>> about
>>> doing it? I've read the Learning Manual a couple of times, the Notation
>>> Manual, looked in the archives of this mailing list, etc. Any help will be
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> % begin example
>>> \version "2.13.6"
>>>
>>> spanOne = {
>>>   \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { "span one"
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> spanTwo = {
>>>   \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { "span two"
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> \score {
>>>   \new Staff {
>>>       \relative c {
>>>           \clef bass
>>>           \time 4/4
>>>
>>>           \spanOne c4 \startTextSpan c \spanTwo c \startTextSpan c
>>>           d4 d d d \stopTextSpan
>>>           e4 e \stopTextSpan e e
>>>       }
>>>
>>>   }
>>>
>>>   \layout { }
>>> }
>>> % end example
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James Worlton
>>>
>>>
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>>
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