Re: Globally Increase Padding Between Text and Box?

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Am Fr., 31. Juli 2026 um 16:21 Uhr schrieb brin solomon <[email protected]=
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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 10:13=E2=80=AFAM Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gm=
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>> Am Fr., 31. Juli 2026 um 16:12 Uhr schrieb brin solomon <amphion13@gmail=
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>> >> Lukas pointed you to the general command you requested.
>> >> It will affect both \box and \rounded-box.
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>> >> You could also redefine one of them to distinguish them.
>> >> We have a nice and concise syntax:
>> >> \markup box =3D \markup \override #'(box-padding . 5) \box \etc
>> >> \markup { \box "some text" }
>> >> \markup { \rounded-box "some text" }
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>> >> Cheers,
>> >>   Harm
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>> > Hi Harm,
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>> > Ah, I see, that's helpful! Do these also go in the \paper block?
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>> Nope, usually toplevel.
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> Could you clarify? I tried putting \markup box =3D \markup \override #'(b=
ox-padding . 5) \box \etc outside the \score block and there was no effect,=
 but when I tried putting it inside the \score block the file did not compi=
le.

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