Re: horizontal shift of note column not working

[Alexander Kobel]

Phil Holmes wrote:
> I've cut Tom's code down quite a bit to try to understand the issue, 
> since I've been trying to do something similar.  I hope this is easier 
> to follow.
>
> It's clear that the reason that the rest collides with the note is that 
> the rest has been shifted right to avoid colliding with earlier notes.  
> So what's then needed is a command to shift the note right.  When I 
> looked, I couldn't find one, so any guidance would be appreciated by me, 
> too.

Okay, so since I'm at it: to give the note some anchor, add an invisible 
note in some other voice as follows:

  \once \override Voice.Rest #'extra-offset = #'(2.5 . 0) a2\rest
  <<
    { \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #8.0 b4-0 } \\
    { \hideNotes g4 \unHideNotes }
  >> |

(That should replace the whole measure in Tom's original example.)  The 
g note kind of "allocates" some position for the whole chord or beat, 
w.r.t. which the force-hshift works.


HTH,
Alexander