Re: Wideining one measure so that dynamics don't overlap

[Jonathan Wilkes]

> I have a score with a whole note with \p on the first beat
> and \f on the third 
> beat of the measure. I'm doing this using parallel music
> expressions:
>   << { g1} { s2\p s\f} >> | % 42
> 
> Now, the problem is that the score consists almost entirely
> of whole or half 
> notes, so that measure is too small and the f is printed
> above the p (since it 
> would collide with the f). 
> 
> How can I make that one measure wider, while all other
> measures are spaced 
> normally? I can't make the whole horizontal spacing wider,
> because then the 
> music wouldn't fit on one page any more. However, there are
> several measures 
> with whole notes, which can be a bit smaller to obtain the
> space needed for 
> those wider measures.
> 
> Attached is a sample file for my case, where everything
> should fit in one line..

Hm...as I beginner I tried to figure this out because I thought there 
should be a clear way to do this.  I tried a lot of different properties 
for DynamicLineSpanner (padding, minimum length, extra-spacing-width, 
side-axis), and then I found outside-staff-horizontal-padding in the grob 
interface.  Great!  But it doesn't work (and the description in the IR 
talks about "raising" the grob to avoid a collision, which doesn't 
make sense given the name of the property).

What's the best way to find the right property for an override?

-Jonathan