On 11/9/11 2:25 AM, "Nick Payne"<address@hidden> wrote:
I'm using lilypond source code in render frames in a Scribus two
column layout to put short two bar single stave exercises at a
dozen
or more to the page. The render frames are horizontally aligned and
of the same height, but the problem I haven't been able to solve is
that of getting the staves in the left and right columns to align
horizontally. Setting top-system-spacing #'padding to the same
value
in left and right column scores and turning #'stretchability off
doesn't align the staves, it aligns the highest part of what is in
each short score. What LP code can I use to get the staves
themselves to align, rather than the highest part of the notes?
Here's an example of the LP code in one of the render frames.
Keeping everything the same except the notes doesn't keep the left
and right staves aligned. I realise that once I have the notes in I
can fiddle the top-system-spacing #'padding value for one of the
staves until they're pretty much aligned, but with multiple pages
with up to eight of these pairs on each page, that's something I'd
rather avoid if possible.
See my notes to Neil Thornock a couple of days ago.
Set top-system-spacing and system-system-spacing to have a
basic-distance
and minimum-distance at the same fixed value, stretchability 0, and
padding of *negative* basic-distance. This will put the staves right at
the basic distance, and will ignore high and low notes when placing the
staves. Note -- you will need to adjust for any collisions by changing
the spacing manually; LilyPond will allow collisions between staves in
this mode (because you asked her to).