Setting the extent of objects
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The object may be extended to larger sized by overriding their properties. The lyrics in this example have an extent of (-10,10), which is why they are spaced so widely.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=128
\score {
\context Lyrics \lyricmode {
foo --
\override LyricText.X-extent = #'(-10.0 . 10.0)
bar baz
}
\layout { raggedright = ##t }
}