Hi Klaus thank you! I tried this, but got "fatal error: compiled without CAIRO_BACKEND". Does this mean that I need to compile Lilypond myself, or is there an easier way? I work on Arch Linux, using the official "lilypond" package (which ships Lilypond 2.24.2 at the moment).
Best, Johannes "K. Blum" <benbigno...@gmx.de> writes: > Hi Johannes, > > Am 22.11.2023 um 18:01 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: >> On most browsers there is a large gap between 'of' and 'terza'. I noticed >> that lilypond exports such a situation as individual <text> elements >> with absolute coordinates (as in <g transform=...>). >> >> Is there a way to let lilypond combine these words into a single <text> >> element, using <tspan> elements to define the formatting? > > I don't know how to achieve this, but you could have your output > produced by the Cairo backend. > (Add '--svg' and '-dbackend=cairo' as command line options, see > https://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-devel@gnu.org/msg77712.html ) > > This should look the same with any browser. > Drawback: It is graphical output and doesn't contain searchable text. > > Cheers, > Klaus
