Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-06 Thread Keith OHara
Urs Liska openlilylib.org> writes: > [That's something I often struggle with: I think the function or > parameter definition that is generated from the sources is often quite > sparse] > You are changing behavior rather deep in the details. You can search for stencil-offset in the setup files

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-06 Thread Urs Liska
Am 06.02.2014 04:49, schrieb Keith OHara: At 15:24 on 05 Feb 2014, Urs Liska wrote: - the vertical position of the dashes (i.e. raise it a little bit relatively to the text) TextSpanner.bound-details.left.stencil-align-dir-y = #CENTER unfortunately doesn't help. I'd need something

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Keith OHara
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:05:28 -0800, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Lilypond does use the text baseline as reference point for text. Really? Then why do these texts not align along their baselines: The default settings have the same minimum gap between staff and text, including descenders, as the

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, > Lilypond does use the text baseline as reference point for text. Really? Then why do these texts not align along their baselines: \version "2.19" music = { \textLengthOn c''^\markup { NO DESCENDERS!! } c''^\markup { jjjyyyjjjggg } } \score { \music } Thanks, Kieren. ___

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Keith OHara
At 15:24 on 05 Feb 2014, Urs Liska wrote: >>>- the vertical position of the dashes (i.e. raise >>> it a little bit relatively to the text) >> >> TextSpanner.bound-details.left.stencil-align-dir-y = #CENTER > >unfortunately doesn't help. I'd need something like raise the dashes >by 0.2 ...

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs, > Surprisingly it looks different with different texts. Another side-effect of the [irritating] fact that Lilypond doesn’t use the text baseline as the reference point!?!? =\ Cheers (?), Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 05.02.2014 16:11, schrieb Urs Liska: Am 05.02.2014 16:05, schrieb Mark Knoop: Try a number like #-0.5 instead of #CENTER Thanks! Using -0.75 gave me what I want. Well, not really. Surprisingly it looks different with different texts. If I don't override stencil-align-dir-y both dashes h

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 05.02.2014 16:05, schrieb Mark Knoop: Try a number like #-0.5 instead of #CENTER Thanks! Using -0.75 gave me what I want. Urs ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Mark Knoop
At 15:24 on 05 Feb 2014, Urs Liska wrote: >>>- the vertical position of the dashes (i.e. raise >>> it a little bit relatively to the text) >> >> TextSpanner.bound-details.left.stencil-align-dir-y = #CENTER > >unfortunately doesn't help. I'd need something like raise the dashes >by 0.2 ...

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 05.02.2014 15:52, schrieb Phil Burfitt: - Original Message - From: "Urs Liska" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:59 PM Subject: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes Hi, in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Phil Burfitt
- Original Message - From: "Urs Liska" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:59 PM Subject: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes Hi, in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some issues with it: - why is the first das

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Urs, On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > Am 05.02.2014 15:20, schrieb David Nalesnik: > >> >> > >> In fact, there's a markup command \draw-dashed-line which guards against >> these clipped edges. >> >> > You mean I should replace the TextSpanner by a custom \markup command? >

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 05.02.2014 15:20, schrieb David Nalesnik: Hi Urs, >- is it possible to make a TextSpanner always to align > to the right edge of the score (i.e. the barline) > and let the dash structure adapt to that? > (I see the 'right-bound-info' property but didn't >fi

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Hi Mark, thanks for the ideas, but ... Am 05.02.2014 15:09, schrieb Mark Knoop: ... Not sure about those above, but: - is it possible to tweak - the attachment of the first dash to the text and TextSpanner.bound-details.left.padding = #-0.5 This shifts the whole "left" part slightly t

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Urs, On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Mark Knoop wrote: > At 14:59 on 05 Feb 2014, Urs Liska wrote: > >in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some > >issues with it: > > > >- why is the first dash longer than the other(s), > > is this a design decision (if yes, why)? >

Re: Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Mark Knoop
At 14:59 on 05 Feb 2014, Urs Liska wrote: >in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some >issues with it: > >- why is the first dash longer than the other(s), > is this a design decision (if yes, why)? > can it be modified? >- is it possible to make a TextSpanner always to al

Behaviour of TextSpanner dashes

2014-02-05 Thread Urs Liska
Hi, in the attached image you see a TextSpanner, and I'm having some issues with it: - why is the first dash longer than the other(s), is this a design decision (if yes, why)? can it be modified? - is it possible to make a TextSpanner always to align to the right edge of the score (i.e.