Re: BalloonText help

[Raphael Mankin]

On 17/02/2025 19:36, Xavier Scheuer wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 19:56, Raphael Mankin <r...@mankin.org.uk 
<mailto:r...@mankin.org.uk>> wrote:
 >
 > I cannot get BalloonText to work. I have copied as literally as I can
 > from NR 1.7.2

Hello,

Use \balloonGrobText before a note or -\balloonText after a note within 
chords.

NR 1.7.2 says "typically within chords,"; it does not say "only within 
chords". Maybe the NR needs updating.


Here you use the latter but not within a chord.

You could write
   <c-\balloonText #'(-2 . -2) \markup {\bold "crotchet in original"}>4

Or
   \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(-2 . -2) \markup {\bold "crotchet in 
original"} c4

Kind regards,
Xavier


I have tried both your suggestions and I get no errors, but no output 
whatsoever. I am using the standard Ubuntu package of Frescobaldi+Lilypond.

Amended MWE attached\version "2.24.3"
\language "english"

\header {
  title = "Balloon Text"
}

global = {
  \key c \major
  \numericTimeSignature
  \time 4/4
}

sopranoVoice = \relative c'' {
  \global
  \dynamicUp
  % Music follows here.
  
  \new Voice\with { \consists "Balloon_engraver" } 
  { \balloonLengthOn    %%% Does not help
    <c-\balloonText #'(-2 . -2) \markup {\bold "crotchet in original"}>
    \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(-2 . -2) \markup {\bold "crotchet in original"} c4
  }

}

\score {
  \new Staff \with {
    instrumentName = "Soprano"
    shortInstrumentName = "S."
  } { \sopranoVoice }
  \layout { }
}