Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread David Kastrup
Andrew Bernard writes: > Hi David, > > I am unable to understand your response. Is my mail not clear? I > explicitly diagrammed what would be good. > > At no point in this topic have I offered criticism of any kind of > lilypond, or your work. Others would verify that I am sure. > > Whence this a

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi David, I am unable to understand your response. Is my mail not clear? I explicitly diagrammed what would be good. At no point in this topic have I offered criticism of any kind of lilypond, or your work. Others would verify that I am sure. Whence this aggression in your reply David? It is ent

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread David Wright
On Sun 17 Jul 2016 at 19:31:41 (+1000), Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > Not sure if I was clear in original post. I have a lot of text and it > spans multiple pages. I can't find a way to centre that in a justified > block. > > Do I need to go out to TeX or similar? The quick answer: yes.

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread David Kastrup
Andrew Bernard writes: > Hi David, > > Tools such as InDesign offer all the possibilities for the last line, > of which there are several, as you know. I would settle for left > aligned. That would be fine, and is a fairly common usage in > typography. Sigh. Can you please tell what you actuall

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi David, Tools such as InDesign offer all the possibilities for the last line, of which there are several, as you know. I would settle for left aligned. That would be fine, and is a fairly common usage in typography. I am sorry if I am not clear. I simply want a relatively narrow column of justi

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread David Kastrup
Pierre Perol-Schneider writes: > 2016-07-17 11:31 GMT+02:00 Andrew Bernard : > >> Hi Pierre, >> >> Not sure if I was clear in original post. I have a lot of text and it >> spans multiple pages. I can't find a way to centre that in a justified >> block. >> >> Do I need to go out to TeX or similar?

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Robert Blackstone
On 17 Jul 2016, at 12:26 , Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: > I'm afraid yes. > AFAIK markups do not handle page breaks. > > 2016-07-17 11:31 GMT+02:00 Andrew Bernard : > Hi Pierre, > > Not sure if I was clear in original post. I have a lot of text and it > spans multiple pages. I can't find a w

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
I'm afraid yes. AFAIK markups do not handle page breaks. 2016-07-17 11:31 GMT+02:00 Andrew Bernard : > Hi Pierre, > > Not sure if I was clear in original post. I have a lot of text and it > spans multiple pages. I can't find a way to centre that in a justified > block. > > Do I need to go out to

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Pierre, Not sure if I was clear in original post. I have a lot of text and it spans multiple pages. I can't find a way to centre that in a justified block. Do I need to go out to TeX or similar? Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@g

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Andrew, How about: \version "2.19.45" \markuplist { \fill-line { \override #'(line-width . 60) \justify { Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus scelerisque justo ut posuere aliquam. Integer aliquet eu nunc a iaculis. In hac habitasse pl

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Federico, I would like it centred, not left offset - because you can not easily get it centred this way except by trial and error, and even when it is off a little bit the eye notices it. Also, this solution has the strange problem at the end, which makes it not much good. Sorry! Is there no

Re: Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-17 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno dom 17 lug 2016 alle 4:17, Andrew Bernard ha scritto: How does one centre a block of justified text spanning multiple pages? [Text here obviously abbreviated for the purposes of the MWE.] You cannot change the \paper line-width, right? I've tried \halign but the last sentence falls

Centered text lines in markuplist

2016-07-16 Thread Andrew Bernard
How does one centre a block of justified text spanning multiple pages? [Text here obviously abbreviated for the purposes of the MWE.] Andrew === snip \markuplist { \override #'(line-width . 60) \justified-lines { Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus sce