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Trevor Ba?a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/20/06, Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Still working on edge-text adjustments ... > > > > > > In the snippet below, I've got exactly what I want -- thanks to much > > > help from the list -- with the one exception that the padding of the > > > two vertical spanners is off-center relative to each piece of edge > > > text. Notice that the solid horizontal line runs into the (lefthand > > > sides) of the "b" and "c" edge text (though the righthand sides are > > > nicely cushioned by whitespace). > > > > > To get what I think you want, I use combinations of #'bound-padding and > > #'extra-offset. In your example I would decrease the #'bound-padding > > (which, btw can take float values and values greater/smaller than -1 > > to 1) and use #'extra-offset = (-1.0 . 0.) to move the entire spanner to > > the left. It's tricky and time consuming but works. In your example it > > would work for the first spanner, I'm not sure about the second. > > Hi Henrik, > > Hm ... adding in #'extra-offset was my first instinct ... but while, > say, #'(-1 . 0) moves the solid horizontal line to the left (which is > good), it also moves the edge text to the left (which is bad, because > it throws off the horizontal centering of the edge text underneath the > notehead); see attached. > > Am I missing something? Is there some way to move the edge text "a" > indepdently of the solid horizontal line? > > As another approach, Is there a way to shorten the X-extent of the > spanner altogether? > Sorry, I replied too quickly. It's of course the #'enclose-bounds property you should use in combination with #'extra-offset. So, in my reply replace bound-padding with enclose-bounds... enclose-bounds makes the line shorter AND moves the edge-text along with it. So after you've made it shorter, you move the entire spanner. > > > > > > So the question is: "Is there a way to control left- and > > > right-bound-padding independently?". I'd like to say something like > > > ... > > > > > > \override TextSpanner #'bound-padding-left = #1 > > > \override TextSpanner #'bound-padding-right = #2 > > > > I would love this! > > Maybe a possibility for sponsorship? > Sure! /Henrik _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
