Re: Writing "Mouvt" abbreviation of "Mouvement"

[David Kastrup]

Nick Payne <address@hidden> writes:

> On 28/07/13 11:47, MarcM wrote:
>> thanks for the explanation.
>>
>>  > Why wouldn't it?  Separate expressions in a \line (which is what a
>>  > top-level markup is implicitly wrapped in) are separated by word space.
>>  > That's totally normal.  If you want to join some elements, use \concat,
>>  > like with ...
>>
>> You explanation and example were helpful. I suggest to add them to
>> this page:
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/formatting-text
>>
>> % this
>>   \markup { \huge \line { fee fie foe fum } }
>> % or that will separate the expressions with _normal_ size spaces
>>   \markup { \huge  { fee fie foe fum } }
>> % or
>> \markup { \huge fee\huge fie\huge foe\huge fum }
>> % whereas this will use _huge_ spaces between words.
>> \markup { \huge "fee fie foe fum" }
>>
>
> That suggestion doesn't make sense to me. Those four markup commands
> will all produce identical markup with identical spacing.

I disagree.  And so does LilyPond.

Sometimes I actually know what I am talking about.

-- 
David Kastrup