Re: vertical spacing of StaffGroup

[Werner LEMBERG]

[CVS 2006-03-17]

> > What must I do to make
> >
> >   \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-10 . 10)
> >
> > work for the `StaffGroup' context?  I want a score layout like
> > this (each horizontal line represents a staff):
>
> You can't, technically: StaffGroup is just a bunch of staves with a
> bracket in front, and spanning bar lines.

This is a pity, IMHO.  Graham, this should be probably documented...

> > I could fiddle with VerticalAxisGroup of single staff lines, but...
> > I could also insert invisible staves, but...
>
> If you're inserting something invisible, I'd recommend a Lyrics
> context.  You have to make sure it's not hara-kiri'd though.

Will give it a try, thanks.

A related problem which I consider as very important is the
introduction of stretching vertical space as used in TeX:

  \vspace 3em plus 10pt minus 10pt

This is something for the TODO file -- BTW, it seems that there isn't
a TODO file in lilypond...

On the other hand, page-layout-twopass.ly, which probably can do
something similar already, appears to be broken: The output file
page-layout-twopass-page-layout.ly is always empty.  Or am I missing
something?  The documentation is, hmm, sparse...


    Werner