Re: Text spanner with centred text state of the art

[Thomas Morley]

Am So., 12. Juli 2020 um 08:36 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bernard
<andrew.bernard@gmail.com>:
>
> This exact question was asked on the list some years ago, but worth
> asking again. What is the current best way/code for making text
> spanners with text centred in the middle?
>
> I have code developed by myself and Thomas Morley from a few years ago
> but it seems to be behaving strangely now with random changes of font
> size, something beyond my skill to debug. I hope there may be
> something newer.
>
> On this perennial topic, it would be great if this function could be
> in baseline lilypond. It's in countless scores, and I know people want
> it.
>
> Andrew
>

Hi Andrew,

iirc David Nalesnik wrote it.
Nevertheless, could you post the exact code you're working with (or
link to it), with a short example?
I seem to have various codes and coding-attempts flying around...

Cheers,
  Harm