Re: chords as markups?

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On 6 sept. 2012, at 08:49, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

>> unpure-pure stuff is:
>> 
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/unpure_002dpure-containers
> 
> Looking more closely at this page, I don't fully understand how it
> works.  It is stated that the unpure-pure stuff affects y-axis
> calculations, but the given example adjusts the *width*:
> 
>  In the first measure, without the unpure-pure container, the spacing
>  engine does not know the width of the note head [...]
> 
> How comes?  I think this deserves some more explanation.
> 
> 
>    Werner

Hey Werner,

You can check out the CG link for info about how the lilypond spacing engine 
works with unpure-pure-containers.  As there is no info in the users manual 
about the nitty gritty of horizontal spacing, James and I decided to leave out 
the "why" and just focus on the "what to do."

After reading the CG stuff, If you feel any info should be brought over to the 
users manual, post a patch and we can discuss it.  And, of course, if after 
reading the CG stuff is still unclear on how they work, lemme know.

Cheers,
MS