Re: Patch: issue #659

[Marc Hohl]

Alexander Kobel schrieb:
> [...]
> I just noticed that the 'extra-offset won't influence the spacing of 
> the notes before the bar line.  The better property to tweak should be 
> the right-edge extra space, but this does not work if the line ends 
> prematurely.  (See the attached example.)
> Still, like Trevor I'm not sure why modifying the X-extent does not 
> work - this should be the favourite option, theoretically equivalent 
> to another glyph without positive width, right?
Yes, I think this would be the best approach, but I don't know why this 
doesn't work, either.
> > > Another idea: Is it possible to have a double bar line at the end of 
> > > a line, and the segno bar line at the beginning of the next?  What 
> > > about ".S" doing this, as opposed to "S", or have an additional 
> > > "||S" and "S||"?
> > I must admit that I don't have lots of references for this symbol and 
> > its use. If this is a sensible
> > default, there is no problem in defining ".S" just doing what you 
> > proposed. Can you do some investigations?
> > As you posted the examples in the tracker, I think you are the most 
> > important source of informations here ;-)
>
> I don't really know if I saw the "||-before-break, S-after-break" 
> combination, but I think it makes sense to offer it since coda parts 
> are often seperated by double bar lines when the "default" segno sign 
> is above them.
> I'll see what I can find in real examples.  I don't think I have 
> anything more at my place, though, so I'll have to look through the 
> repertoire of my choir.  (Again, I can't remember to have it seen in 
> any non-Bosworth & Co. scores...)  I'll give you feedback ASAP.
Did you find anything? If not, tell me what you want to have as 
standard, and I will adapt my code.
I doesn't seem that there is an overwhelming interest in the varsegno - 
which doesn't bother me,
because *I* like the sign and will use it regularly as soon as it is 
released.  So we both, being called the
"varsegno group" should be able to decide what we want ;-)

Greetings

Marc