Re: 2 Questions: spacing-increment and bar numbers

[Mats Bengtsson]

It seems the new syntax has not made it into the manual yet, the
correct syntax is
\paper{
  \context{
    \ScoreContext
    \override SpacingSpanner #'spacing-increment = #3.0
  }
}

For the bar numbers, why not use the \once feature and also combine both
settings in a single identifier?
bigBar = {
  \once \override Score.BarNumber #'print-function = 
#(make-stencil-boxer 0.1 0.25 0.25 Text_item::print)
  \once \override Score.BarNumber #'font-size = #2
}

Then you can just use \bigBar and don't have to revert the settings.

   /Mats


Benjamin Esham wrote:
> (I'm sorry if I sent this twice; I didn't receive a copy of the message
> even though I am set to receive copies of my own messages, so I
> thought that maybe it hadn't been delivered.)
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using Lilypond 2.1.28 on Mac OS X 10.3.2.  I can't manually set
> the horizontal spacing of my music.  The example given in the
> reference manual,
>
>   \paper { \translator  {
>       \ScoreContext SpacingSpanner \override #'spacing-increment = #3.0
>   } }
>
> does not work for me.  I also tried putting a \set before
> "SpacingSpanner" and removing the \override, but neither of these
> seemed to work.
>
> Also— I would like to display bar numbers for every bar in my piece,
> and I'd like some of them (rehearsal numbers) to be larger and have
> boxes around them.  These latter have no pattern.  What is the easiest
> way to do this?  I came up with the following solution:
>
>   bigBarA = \override Score.BarNumber #'print-function =
>       #(make-stencil-boxer 0.1 0.25 0.25 Text_item::print)
>   bigBarB = \override Score.BarNumber #'font-size = #2
>   resetBarsA = \revert Score.BarNumber #'print-function
>   resetBarsB = \revert Score.BarNumber #'font-size
>
> and then:
>
>   \bar "||"
>   \bigBarA \bigBarB
>   c1   % this is the bar with the large number before it
>   \resetBarsA \resetBarsB
>
> I was hoping that someone here would be able to think of a better way.
>
> Thanks for any responses to these questions!

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