Thanks, Trevor. Will \override (as opposed to \once \override) give all subsequent TextSpanner entries the same staff-padding? or the same edge-text setting, for that matter?
Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:06 AM To: Palmer, Ralph; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: RE: Vertical adjustment of \markup Hi Ralph This should do what you want: Insert \override TextSpanner #'staff-padding = #9 Change the '9' to give the height you want Trevor > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Palmer, Ralph > Sent: 17 October 2006 12:40 > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Vertical adjustment of \markup > > > Greetings, > > I'm running Lilypond 2.8.4.1 on WinXP SP2. > > In the following snippet, I'd like to move "rit" upward. In the score > the snippet comes from, the "rit" almost collides with a c''' notehead. > I've tried \pad-markup, but Lilypond choked - tried to compile forever. > I suspect I'm formating the section incorrectly, but I can't figure > out the correct format. > > snippet: > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > \version "2.8.4.1" > \include "english.ly" > > Music = { > \clef treble > \key c \major > \time 3/4 > > \override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #(cons (markup #:italic > "rit" ) "") > d''16\startTextSpan c''' e'' a'' c''' e'' | > b''16 ds'' fs'' b'' f'' b''\stopTextSpan } > > \score { > \Music > } > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > Thanks again for your help, > > Ralph > +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Ralph Palmer > Energy/Administrative Coordinator > Keene State College > Keene, NH 03435-2502 > Phone: 603-358-2230 > Cell: 603-209-2903 > Fax: 603-358-2456 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
