Re: Moving an espressivo sign

[Alexander Kobel]

Alexander Kobel wrote:
> Josh Nichols wrote:
> > I am trying to move the espressivo sign down below the staff
> [...]
>  \override Voice . Script #'padding = #whatYouWantInStaffSpace
>
> But: Why does this work? I've found some other mail about it, but 
> according to what I understand from 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/Script#Script 
> this property should be called 'staff-padding, and 'padding doesn't 
> exist at all. Am I wrong here or is this a bug in the IR?

Okay, I have a guess.
First of all, 'padding actually _is_ mentioned - it's in the 
side-position-interface.
Articulations are attached to notes, so by default they don't care about 
'outside-staff-padding. If we give them an 'outside-staff-priority, they 
do, so this nearly works and gives distance >= 5 to the outermost staff 
line:

\relative c'' {
  \override Voice . Script #'outside-staff-priority = #1
  \override Voice . Script #'outside-staff-padding = #3
  c_- b_- a_- g_- f_- e_- d_- c_-
  c^- d^- e^- f^- g^- a^- b^- c^-
}

However, when it comes to notes where the articulations are outside the 
staff by default, the 'outside-staff-padding is _cumulative_. Is there a 
way to vertically align those scripts at a certain distance to the staff 
- i.e., without an additional voice with s_- or the like?
And, by the way, what would 'staff-padding do here?


Cheers,
Alexander