Re: Text centralized above a TextSpan

[David Kastrup]

"Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:

> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/opera-and-stage-musicals#dialogue-over-music
>
> I'd like to see this developed and added to LP core.
>
> Trevor
>
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David Nalesnik 
>   To: Simon Albrecht 
>   Cc: lilypond-user 
>   Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 11:58 PM
>   Subject: Re: Text centralized above a TextSpan
>
>
>   Hi,
>
>
>   Alright!  This should do it...
>
>
>   You can:
>
>
>   --Adapt this for versions < 2.19.27 with a loss of overriding power
> (style, dash-fraction, etc.)--see comments beginning in line 435
>
>
>   --Use/mix markups and strings.
>
>
>   --Specify any number of texts >= 2 for your spanner.
>
>
>   --Break it across an arbitrary number of lines, with an acceptable
> distribution.
>
>
>   --Use spacers ("") to force texts closer/farther apart.  You can
> also move them like this:
>   \markup \translate [...]
>   \markup \right-align [...]
>   etc.
>
>
>   --Override the number of texts per line if you don't like the
> automatic distribution.  There's a warning if the numbers don't tally.
>
>
>   --Specify which texts will be joined by a line and which won't using
> TextSpanner.connectors. I noticed this request in another related
> thread:
>   http://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-user%40gnu.org/msg103939.html

Well, it looks to me like being able to use something in \lyricsmode
would be useful for specifying extenders, hyphens, rhythmic
distribution, text without creating lots of new commands and properties
for the user.

-- 
David Kastrup