Re: Vertical alignment of Chords - Feature / Bug??? Subtle Solution

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 12/21/08 12:39 PM, "Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Carl,
> 
> 2008/12/19 Carl D. Sorensen <address@hidden>:
> 
>> You should be able to fix this by setting the ChordName grob's
>> outside-staff-horizontal-padding property.  You can read about this property
>> in the Notation reference.  You will want to make the value larger.  The
>> effect of this property is to make the space taken up by the ChordName so
>> large that it can't fit into spaces in the lyrics line above.
> 
> I've tested this, but can't get it to work.
> 
> Looking at the source, I've come to the conclusion that
> 'outside-staff-horizontal-padding only applies to objects in the same
> VerticalAxisGroup with equal 'outside-staff-priority (like several
> TextScripts attached to adjacent notes).

Great!  I'm sorry for the wrong answer, and I'm glad you came up with the
right answer!

Can you add your example to the manual (or would you rather that I do it)?

It should probably go in Notation Reference 4.4.2 Vertical spacing between
systems.

Thanks,

Carl