Try putting the textspanners into a separate voice with spacer notes. IIRC a textspanner needs to start on a 'real' note, so your textspanner voice would need transparent noteheads and stems.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to produce a horizontal bracket over a single note? (currently > on > v. 2.10.33) > > I've tried playing with OttavaBracket and TextSpanner. > > TextSpanner doesn't work for a single note: > { > c4\startTextSpan\stopTextSpan > } > > I can't get the left edge for the ottava bracket to work. I want there to be a > left edge, identical to the right. > { > #(set-octavation 1) > \set Staff.ottavation = #"" > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'stencil = #ly:ottava-bracket::print > %left edge doesn't work > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'edge-height = #'(1.2 . 1.2) > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'bracket-flare = #'(0 . 0) > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'dash-period = #1.0 > %left shorten does work > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'shorten-pair = #'(-0.6 . -0.6) > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'staff-padding = #3.0 > \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'minimum-length = #1.0 > c'4 > #(set-octavation 0) > } > > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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