Re: Fw: whiteout bug

[Eluze]

Trevor Daniels wrote
> Eluze wrote Monday, July 29, 2013 12:42 PM
> 
>> Trevor Daniels wrote
> 
>>> The order in which grobs _in the same layer_ are placed is
>>> indeterminate,
>>> but this can be controlled by setting the 'layer property.  See
>>> 
>>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/visibility-of-objects#index-layers
>>> 
>>> for details.
>> 
>> thanks for pointing us to this - so the correct workaround (if one
>> insists
>> on sky-lines) is:
>> 
>>  \layout {
>>    \context {
>>      \Staff
>>      \override TextScript.whiteout = ##t
>>      \override TextScript.layer = #0
>>    }
>>  }
>> 
>> the odd thing is you have to find a fitting integer.
>> 
>> in our case only the value #0 is satisfying.
>> 
>> #1   leads to the cropping behavior 
>> #-1 has the bar line drawn through the text
> 
> Yes, although sometimes you might have to change the 'layer for other
> grobs to 'make room', as Lily uses only 0 and 1 by default and
> only integral values are accepted for 'layer.  So if you want something
> to appear reliably above the staff lines but below the bar lines you'd
> need to change the 'layer for StaffSymbol to some negative integer,
> say -2, and use -1 for the grob you want to insert.

thanks - I was vaguely aware - and afraid - of that.

in worst cases you might be forced to redesign the whole layer hierarchy for
all possible grobs …

Eluze



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