Re: vertical spacer in figured bass

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2017-06-24 at 08:24 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> > On Fri, 2017-06-23 at 15:08 +0200, Urs Liska wrote:
> >> BTW: what I'm wondering about (only reading this on the list) is: why
> >> are you talking about "\context Staff" and not "\context FiguredBass"?
> > 
> > It seems I am using \context Staff to force the bass figures above the
> > notes 18th c style rather than below, 19th c academic style.
> 
> Perhaps better is to simply tweak a real FiguredBass context?
> 
> %%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
> \score {
>   <<
>     \context FiguredBass
>     \with {
>       \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN
>       \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = #1.5
>       implicitBassFigures = #'(0)
>     }
>     \MvmntIVoiceIBassFiguresLine
>     \new Staff = "Part 1"  <<
>       \new Voice = "MvmntIVoiceI"  {
>         \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 \MvmntIVoiceI
>       }
>     >>
>   >>
> }
> %%%  SNIPPET ENDS
> 
> Hope this helps,

yes, that's neater...

Richard