Re: cresc. whitespace padding

[Colin Campbell]

On 13-10-11 01:53 PM, Thomas Morley wrote:

2013/10/11 EdBeesley <address@hidden>:

I'm trying to add a bit of padding to the whiteout function when used on a
\cresc. My results are best explained with code...

\version "2.16.2"

exampleone = \markup {how it looks with whiteout}
exampletwo = \markup {how I want it to look}
examplethree = \markup {trying to use scheme}


\score {
  \new GrandStaff <<
    \new Staff \relative c' {

       c ^\exampleone d e \once \override DynamicTextSpanner #'whiteout =
##t f \cresc c  d e f \!}
    \new Staff \relative c' {
      c d e f \cresc c  d e f \!}
  >>
}

I see from the docs that you can get rid of the dashed extender line in the top staff, using

\once \override DynamicTextSpanner.style = #'none

That still leaves the challenge of whiteout around the cresc. text, though.

Cheers,
Colin

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