> MarcM <[hidden email]> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to write "Mouvt" the abbreviation of the french word
>> "Mouvement"
>> For some reason a whitespace is inserted between the 'v' and the 't'
>> MouvtRubato.ly
>> <
http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n148476/MouvtRubato.ly>
>
> Why wouldn't it? Separate expressions in a \line (which is what a
> top-level markup is implicitly wrapped in) are separated by word space.
> That's totally normal. If you want to join some elements, use \concat,
> like with
> \concat { Mouv \raise #0.5 \small t }
> or \concat { Mouv \super t }
>
> Things may become clearer if you realize that
> \markup { fee fie foe fum }
> does not contain a single space, but rather four separate markup
> expressions.
>
> Distinguish that from
> \markup { "fee fie foe fum" }
> which contains a single markup _expression_ containing spaces.
>
> So if you write
> \markup { \huge { fee fie foe fum } }
> this is the same as
> \markup { \huge fee \huge fie \huge foe \huge fum }
> or even
> \markup { \huge fee\huge fie\huge foe\huge fum }
> and will separate the expressions with _normal_ size spaces whereas
> \markup { \huge "fee fie foe fum" }
> or
> \markup { \huge \line { fee fie foe fum } }
> will use _huge_ spaces between words.
>
> If you can't avoid having separate expressions (like when the second
> _expression_ starts with \raise), then you need to use something other
> than the implicit \line, like \concat.
>
>> \version "2.17.22"
>>
>> MouvtRubatoA = \markup{ Mouv\raise #0.5 {\small t} (Rubato)}
>> MouvtRubatoB = \markup{ Mouv\super{t} (Rubato)}
>>
>> { \relative c'{
>> c^\MouvtRubatoA
>> }}
>> { \relative c'{
>> c^\MouvtRubatoB
>> }}
>
> The formatting leaves something to be desired.
>
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> David Kastrup
>
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