Re: Padding notehead from right

[Nick Payne]

On 03/11/11 02:08, Jiri Zurek (Prague) wrote:
> What is the correct and working way to add some padding to the right of the
> notehead, please?
> I tried "extra-X-extent" and "minimum-X-extent" but it seems not to work (no
> padding is added in reality). Eventually, I could add "s" after the note to
> create an invisible space after a note, but this is not desirable in my
> project (sometimes the line is broken between the note and the s and this is
> not desirable), I would prefer that the padding is a property of the
> notehead.

Override the stem X-extent:

\once \override Staff.Stem #'X-extent = #'(L . R)

So you would want something like:

\once \override Staff.Stem #'X-extent = #'(0 . 2)

to only add space on the right.

Nick