Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

[Urs Liska]

Am 05.02.2014 15:52, schrieb Phil Burfitt:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
> To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:59 PM
> Subject: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes
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> > Hi,
> >
> > in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some issues
> > with it:
> >
> > - why is the first dash longer than the other(s),
> >   is this a design decision (if yes, why)?
> >   can it be modified?
> > - is it possible to make a TextSpanner always to align
> >   to the right edge of the score (i.e. the barline)
> >   and let the dash structure adapt to that?
> >   (I see the 'right-bound-info' property but didn't
> >    find any helpful information on that alist)
> > - is it possible to tweak
> >   - the attachment of the first dash to the text and
> >   - the vertical position of the dashes (i.e. raise
> >     it a little bit relatively to the text)
> >   ?
> >
> > Thanks for any explanation or ideas
> > Urs
>
> Hi Urs,
>
> You can change the look of the dashes (add your own numbers) ...
>
> \override TextSpanner.dash-period = #0.8
> \override TextSpanner.dash-fraction = #0.2

Yes, I know
(I think that was already visible in the attached image ;-) )

> and you could add a space after "rit.". ie. "rit. ".
>
> or maybe...
>
> \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup { "rit." \hspace
> #0.5 }

OK, this works (even as
    \markup { \concat { $text \hspace #0.5 } }
inside a function.
Although I find it a bit hacky ...

> You could also superscript a space after "rit." which would raise the
> dashed line, or maybe use \vspace or \raise.

Hm, neither \super, \vspace nor \raise seems to have any effect on the 
dashes.

> Don't know if that helps?

As said, partially.

Thanks
Urs

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