Re: minimumVerticalExtent & minimum-Y-extent

[Trevor Daniels]

Hi Risto

The \addlyrics construct does have its limitations due to relying on the 
implicit creation of the various contexts, and this seems to be one of them, 
although I would regard this as a bug.

If you specify the contexts explicitly you can use the \with construct, 
which does seem to work as you would like:

{
 <<
   \new Staff {
     \new Voice = "a" {
       R1 c'2 c'
     }
   }
   \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup
                       #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-0.5 . 20) } {
     \lyricsto "a" {
       Tra la!
     }
   }
   \new Staff {
     \new Voice = "b" {
       c'2 c' c' c'
     }
   }
   \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup
                       #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-0.5 . 5) } {
     \lyricsto "b" {
       Tra la la la!
     }
   }
 >>
}

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Risto Vääräniemi" <address@hidden>
To: "Mats Bengtsson" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: minimumVerticalExtent & minimum-Y-extent


> 2008/4/8 Mats Bengtsson :
>
> > > \layout  {
> > >  \context {
> > >    \Lyrics
> > >      \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(0 . 0)
> > >  }
> > > }
> > >
> > > was 'working'.
> >
> > Yes, but as you have seen, it redefines all Lyric contexts in the score.
> > > Now, how do I keep the 'above default spacing' for the first verse?
> >
> > To do settings for only one specific instantiation of a context, use the
> > \with construct:
> > \new Lyrics \with {\override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(0 
> > .
> > 0) }
> >  { Here comes the ly -- rics }
>
> I noticed that \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent works
> with lyrics only in certain conditions.
>
> If the lyrics start at the beginning of the piece it works. However,
> if there's a rest before the music and the lyrics begin the
> minimum-Y-Extent doesn't seem to work anymore. The global setting
> works, of course, but the explicit settings for single voices don't.
>
> Here's an example... There should be a huge gap on top of the first
> lyrics. There's not. The setting works with the second lyrics.
>
> %%%% Begin %%%%
> \version "2.11.48"
>
> {
>    <<
>    % Remove the R1 to apply the minimum-Y-extent.
>    { R1 c'2 c' }
>    \addlyrics {
>        \override Lyrics . VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent =
>        #'(-0.5 . 20) Tra la! }
>
>    { c'2 c' c' c' }
>    \addlyrics {
>        \override Lyrics . VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent =
>        #'(-0.5 . 5) Tra la la la! }
>    >>
> }
> %%%%% END %%%%%
>
> It could be that I'm not using the setting correctly. If that's the
> case, could someone point me in the right direction?
>
> -Risto
>
>
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