Re: tweak of the crescendotext

[Henrik Frisk]

Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:

> Quoting Henrik Frisk <address@hidden>:
> > I personally like the extra-offset property since it allows me to move
> > an object in any way with only one command. I would assume that 'padding'
> > and 'center-align' properties would also work.
> 
> I hope you know that there is an important difference between extra-offset
> and the other properties that can be used to move things around. If
> you for example increase the padding, then LilyPond will take that
> fact into
> account when it calculates the placement of the next stave, for
> example, to avoid collisions. However, if you set extra-offset, then
> only that
> specific object will move and everything else will stay
> fixed. Sometimes that's preferable, but sometimes not.
> 
Thanks Mats, I should of course have mentioned that. It's precisely this
fact that makes extra-offset so useful to me. 

/henrik