Re: multi-line markup inside a single box

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-12-07 1:52 am, Mark Knoop wrote:
> At 01:40 on 07 Dec 2021, Josiah Boothby wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something obvious (it's 1:30 in the morning...it's
> > not unlikely!), but I'm trying to include a small two-line markup
> > inside a single box. The thing that seems obvious is producing two
> > boxed lines, which is not what I'm aiming for and is too visually
> > cluttered for me to accept as a compromise:
> >
> > \markup\right-column\box{
> >   \line{Solos: 1st x tpt}
> >   \line{2nd x clr}
> > }
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> You want the box to be around the columns? So:
>
> \markup \box \right-column {
>  \line{Solos: 1st x tpt}
>  \line{2nd x clr}
> }

To add to this, markup commands that expect a single markup will work 
with markup lists, however they will be applied to each individual 
markup within the list:

%%%%
\displayScheme \markup \box { a b c }
\displayScheme \markup { \box a \box b \box c }
%%%%

The above code prints out the following, demonstrating that both are 
equivalent internally:

====
(markup #:line (#:box "a" #:box "b" #:box "c"))
(markup #:line (#:box "a" #:box "b" #:box "c"))
====

To box "a b c" as a unit, you need to use any markup command that 
operates specifically on a markup list to condense it into a single 
markup:

%%%%
\markup \box \line { a b c }    % for when you want space
\markup \box \concat { a b c }  % for when you do not want space
\markup \box \overlay { a b c } % for when you REALLY do not want space
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill