Re: \shiftOn and friends

[Trevor Daniels]

Richard Shann wrote Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:58 PM


> On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 14:52 +0000, Trevor Daniels wrote:
>>
>> You'll find a clue for doing what you want if you examine the example here:
>> 
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/real-music-example 
> 
> Hmm, that example seemed very complicated, I couldn't make out what was
> going on - but I did just find NoteColumn.force-hshift just a little
> further on (in
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices
> ) and it seems to do the trick:

Yup, that's the way to do it.  I pointed to the example in the Learning Manual
because it illustrates when the \shift commands are needed and when force-hshift
is needed.  Worth studying I think.

Trevor