On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 08:25:00PM -0500, Paul Morris wrote: > On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Thomas Morley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Well, quoting > > > > NR 5.5.1 Aligning objects: > > > > Note: Many objects have special positioning considerations which cause > > any setting of X-offset or Y-offset to be ignored or modified, even > > though the object supports the self-alignment-interface. Overriding > > the X-offset or Y-offset properties to a fixed value causes the > > respective self-alignment property to be disregarded. > > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/aligning-objects > > Ah, ok, so that page is already documenting this. > > > > But I found no hint about it in the IR > > Would it make sense if under "X-offset" in the IR it said something like this? > > "The horizontal amount that this object is moved relative to its X-parent. > The amount may be set directly or may be set to be calculated by procedures > in order to achieve alignment with the parent object." > > > > -Paul
I've created a documentation enhancement tracker for this, Paul, see: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3022 Thanks for the report, and also to Keith and Thomas for the analysis. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Hall _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
