On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:14:39PM -0700, Joe Neeman wrote: > On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 13:54 -0700, Patrick McCarty wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 08:32:55PM +0000, Werner wrote: > > > Patrick McCarty <pnorcks <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > Since those measurements are in staff-spaces, the conversion to > > > > millimeters is as follows: > > > > > > > > 4.84 * 5 * 25.4 / 72.27 = 8.5mm = 0.85cm > > > > > > I set > > > #(set-global-staff-size 16.5) > > > in my example. > > > That's why i got :0.69 (or *1.4493=16.5/4*25.4/72.27) > > > ^^^^ > > > instead of *1.7573=20/4*25.4/72.27) (with 20/4=5) > > > ^^ > > > > Okay, I see. So the measurements are correct, right? > > > > > We have in NR: > > > > > > head-separation > > > Distance between the top-most music system and the page header. Default: > > > 4\mm. > > > > > > Isn't it true to write: > > > Distance between the title (if exists) or the top-most music system (if > > > there is > > > no title) and the page header. Default: 4\mm. > > > ?? > > > > I just did some tests, and I think it's more complicated than that. I > > just made a commit with a revised description: > > > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/commit/?id=e3769c18a0fe9755036361993e5b60f486cf35b3 > > > > Is this any better? > > Looking at your description, maybe I'll go back on what I said earlier > about not touching head-separation (sorry). The new spacing code has the > properties first-system-spacing and first-system-title-spacing that can > control stretchable space and minimum distance between the top margin > and the first music system or title. They can also specify padding > between the header and the first music system/title. > > It seems like that would obsolete head-separation, right? So I'll > probably just remove it.
Yes, it sounds like head-separation would be obsolete with your changes. Go ahead and remove it if you need to. -Patrick _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
