Re: Measure number collision

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting Zoltán Selyem <address@hidden>:

> > > I'm sure there must be a way to move those numbers around manually,
> > > but I haven't looked that hard for it yet.
> I usually change the extra-offset property of BarNumber:
>
> %---------------------------------------
> \version "2.11.21"
> \new StaffGroup <<
>        \new Staff {
>                c'1 \break c' \break
>                \set Score.currentBarNumber = #11 c'
>                \break \set Score.currentBarNumber = #101 c' }
>        \new Staff { c'1 c' c' c'}
> > >
> \layout{
>  \context{
>    \Score
>      \override BarNumber #'extra-offset = #'(-1.0 . 0)
>  }
> }
> %---------------------------------------

I usually move the BarNumbers slightly upwards instead using the padding
property (as is described at the end of the section on Bar numbers in
the manual:
\override Score.BarNumber #'padding = #2.5


> But I'm afraid that in this way I should use different values for
> different staff sizes.
This shouldn't be a problem, all distances are measured in terms of
the spacing between two adjacent stave lines in the currently used staff size.

   /Mats