- \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #2
- \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #0.0
- a \startTextSpan
- b c
- a \stopTextSpan
-
- \revert TextSpanner #'style
- \override TextSpanner #'style = #'dashed-line \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text = \markup { \draw-line #'(0 . 1) }
+ texidoc = "
+The @code{\\startTextSpan} and @code{\\stopTextSpan} commands allow the
+creation of text spanners as easily as pedal indications or
+octavations. Override some properties of the @code{TextSpanner} object
+to modify its output.
+
+"
+ doctitle = "Creating text spanners"
+} % begin verbatim
+\relative c'' {
+ \override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #'("bla" . "blu")
+ a \startTextSpan
+ b c
+ a \stopTextSpan
+
+ \override TextSpanner #'dash-period = #2
+ \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #0.0
+ a \startTextSpan
+ b c
+ a \stopTextSpan
+
+ \revert TextSpanner #'style
+ \override TextSpanner #'style = #'dashed-line \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text = \markup { \draw-line #'(0 . 1) }