On Feb 17, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Two questions:
1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the
best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing
(other than making each score system a single measure)?
I haven't tried it, so I don't know what unintended negative
consequences might result, but the variable you're looking for is
Document Options > Notes & Rests > Space Before Music. Set it to
zero and that should solve you're immediate problem. That should
make every note space properly except for the first one in each
system, which will now be too far to the left, but you could
compensate for that by adding the same amount to Space After Key
Signature and/or Space After Time Signature.
Now that I think about it, I think you can fix for all system that
start with a time signature or all that don't, but not both at once
(unless you're in C with no key signature, in which case you should
be fine). But if you have mostly one kind then maybe you plan for
that and kludge the other when it arises as an exception. In your
example, you wouldn't be displaying a time signature at all, right?
If so, you should be OK. Just add to Space After Key Signature (or
Space After Clef, if you're in C). I can't think of anything that
goes wrong with that, but like I said, I haven't tried it.
2) What's the best way to deal with a score that combines sections
with barlines (where you *do* want the barlines to affect music
spacing) and sections without?
Hmmm. Not sure my method is much good there, since it relies on
Document Options that will affect the entire piece. Maybe create an
invisible articulation that forces space to the left of the note and
metatool it onto every note that follows immediately after a barline?
mdl, kludge-artist
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