\version "2.16.0"

\header {
texidoc = "The \cresc, \dim and \decresc spanners are now postfix operators
and produce one text spanner.  Defining custom spanners is also easy.
Hairpin and text crescendi can be easily mixed. \< and \> produce
hairpins by default, \cresc etc. produce text spanners by default."
}

% Some sample text dynamic spanners, to be used as postfix operators
crpoco = #(make-music 'CrescendoEvent 'span-direction START
                      'span-type 'text 'span-text "cresc. poco a poco")

\relative c' {
  c4\cresc d4 e4 f4 |
  g4 a4\! b4\crpoco c4 |
  c4 d4 e4 f4 |
  g4 a4\! b4\< c4 |
  g4\dim a4 b4\decresc c4\!
}
