Re: \shiftOn and friends

[Richard Shann]

On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 15:28 +0000, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> 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.

yes, I would have got there if I had braved that bit I now see.

Thank you for all the replies,

Richard