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Re: StaffGrouper vs. VerticalAxisGroup: syntax inconsistencies
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: StaffGrouper vs. VerticalAxisGroup: syntax inconsistencies |
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Date: |
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:51:58 +0100 (CET) |
>> why can I say
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>> \new PianoStaff \with {
>> \override StaffGrouper
>> #'between-staff-spacing #'minimum-distance = #20
>> } ...
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>> but not
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>> \new Staff \with {
>> \override VerticalAxisGroup
>> #'next-staff-spacing #'minimum-distance = #20
>> } ...
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> Because next-staff-spacing defaults to a callback rather than to an
> alist. IWBN if one could use the nested property syntax for
> overriding callbacks but it isn't quite trivial to implement, as far
> as I can see.
OK. A comment in the docs would be quite helpful then.
Werner