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text-spanner-interface

generic text spanner


dash-length (number)
the length of a dash.
dash-period (number)
the length of one dash + white space.
edge-height (pair)
a cons that specifies the heights of the vertical edges '(LEFT-height . RIGHT-height).
edge-text (pair)
a cons that specifies the texts to be set at the edges '(LEFT-text . RIGHT-text).
edge-widen (pair)
a cons that specifies the widths of the slanted edges '(LEFT-width . RIGHT-width).
if-text-padding (number)
padding in case texts are there.
outer (boolean)
whether a text spanner should extend to the outer edge of the spanned notes
shorten-pair (pair of numbers)
the length on each side to shorten a text-spanner, for example a pedal bracket
thickness (number)
thickness, measured in stafflinethickness.
type (symbol)

width-correct (dimension, in staff space)
width correction for (de)cresc. text spanners.

This grob interface is used in the following graphical objects: TextSpanner, SustainPedal and PianoPedalBracket


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