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text-spanner-interface

generic text spanner

dash-length (number):

the length of a dash. Default value: (unset)

dash-period (number):

the length of one dash + white space. Default value: (unset)

edge-height (pair):

a cons that specifies the heights of the vertical edges '(LEFT-height . RIGHT-height). Default value: (unset)

edge-text (pair):

a cons that specifies the texts to be set at the edges '(LEFT-text . RIGHT-text). Default value: (unset)

edge-widen (pair):

a cons that specifies the widths of the slanted edges '(LEFT-width . RIGHT-width). Default value: (unset)

if-text-padding (number):

padding in case texts are there. Default value: (unset)

outer (boolean):

whether a text spanner should extend to the outer edge of the spanned notes Default value: (unset)

shorten-pair (pair of numbers):

the length on each side to shorten a text-spanner, for example a pedal bracket Default value: (unset)

thickness (number):

thickness, measured in stafflinethickness. Default value: (unset)

type (symbol):

one of: line, dashed-line, trill or dotted-line.

[FIXME: type is too generic for this doc, move doco to intefrace]

Default value: (unset)

width-correct (number):

width correction for (de)cresc. text spanners. Default value: (unset)

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