Re: Text Spanner, with Text left-aligned to bar-line, and spanner line right-aligned to subsequent bar-line?

[Thomas Morley]

2012/10/1 Zenaan Harkness <address@hidden>:
> G'day, FP here.
>
> Here's my code:
> capoVHalf = {
>    %\context { \Score \override RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #RIGHT }
>    %\override TextSpanner #'(bound-details l X) = #0
>    %\override TextSpanner #'(bound-details right X) = #40
>    %\override TextSpanner #'(bound-details right padding) = #-20
>    %\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>    %\once \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left
> stencil-align-dir-X) = #LEFT
>    \once \override TextSpanner #'to-barline = ##t
>    \once \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #0.6
>    \once \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup {
> \tiny { "½ Capo V" } }
> }
>
> It seems I can align around a bar-line, if I just use a text Mark, and
> can only align the text (rehearsal mark) to a note if I want a spanner
> line, eg for a guitar Capo marking, with the line extending over the
> bars that the capo applies to.
> This is standard notation for guitars.
>
> I can right-align the spanner line as seen above ( #'to-barline = ##t)
> by moving the corresponding \stopTextSpan to _after_ the subsequent
> note to which it really applies, but at least it looks right.
>
> But I can't get the text left aligned to the start of the bar in which
> it appears; it always aligns around the center of the note to which it
> follows.
>
> Any one know if it's possible to achieve proper Capo notating with lilypond?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Zenaan
>
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Hi Zenaan,

I'm tired of a hard day's work.
Although I'm interested in this stuff (being a guitarist myself), I
will not work on your code unless you provide a compilable
code-example illustrating your problem.

-Harm