Re: text spanning

[Hugh Myers]

Thanks, Alexander!

Now I have not just one but two solutions that work...

--hsm

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hugh Myers wrote:
>>
>> The following fails twice over; it leaves out the indicated text and
>> ignores \textSpannerDown:
>
> Hi.
>
> Both \textSpannerDown and the override is applied to the /current/ Voice
> context (which is the unnamed default Voice quietly instantiated inside the
> Staff context). Thus, it is not regarded by the Voice = "1" context created
> afterwards.
>
> Moving the two commands into the Voice = "1" construct works as expected:
>
> \version "2.13.7"
>
> upper = {
>  c4 d e  \startTextSpan f % polyphonic
>  g4 a b c % monophonic, see below
>  b4 \stopTextSpan g e c % polyphonic again
> }
>
> lower = {
>  c,2 g2 % polyphonic
>  s1 % a spacer "disables" this voice tamporarily
>  g2 c2 % and here we are again.
> }
>
> customOverrides = {
>  \textSpannerDown
>  \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "let ring "
> }
>
> <<
>  \new Staff \relative c'' {
>    <<
>      \new Voice = "1" { \customOverrides \voiceOne \upper }
>      \new Voice = "2" { \voiceTwo \lower }
>    >>
>  }
>  \new TabStaff \relative c' {
>    <<
>      \new TabVoice = "t1" { \voiceOne \upper }
>      \new TabVoice = "t2" { \voiceTwo \lower }
>    >>
>  }
>>>
>