Re: How to get bar numbers very close to the staff?

[Phil Burfitt]

Hi Marc,

> From: "Marc Mouries" <address@hidden>
>
> I'd like to get bar numbers very close to the staff to avoid confusing
> them with fingering.
> Through Google i could find how to change the position UP or DOWN but i
> could not find how to reduce the space between the bar number and the 
> staff.
>
> Here is the snippet for testing i created.
> % test bar number close to the staff to avoid confusion with fingering
> \version "2.13.40"
>
> melody = \relative c' { c1-1 c1_1 c'1-1 c'1-1 }
>
> \score {
>    \new Staff {
>      % Layout Settings
>      \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #all-visible
>      \override Score.BarNumber #'font-size = #-4
>      \override Score.BarNumber #'direction = #DOWN
>      % Melody
>       \melody
>     }
> }
>
> --Marc
Do these help...

\override Score.BarNumber #'self-alignment-X = #0
\override Score.BarNumber #'Y-offset = #0

If that is not close enough, then you can use...

\override Score.BarNumber #'extra-offset = #'(0 . 0.3)

Phil.