On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:

> On 10/2/10 10:50 PM, "Joe Neeman" <joenee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:08 PM,  <carl.d.soren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 2010/10/03 02:49:30, Mark Polesky wrote:
> >>> On 2010/10/02 16:32:06, Carl wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't think so.  I think 'padding is added as a rigid space interval,
> >> hence my saying that it is added to the layout item above.
> >>
> >> 'space should begin below 'padding IIUC.
> >
> > The attachment point of 'space doesn't depend on 'padding (or
> > 'minimum-distance). If you think in terms of springs, the beginning of
> one
> > spring is always glued to the end of the previous one. 'padding and
> > 'minimum-distance are only useful in determining the minimum lengths of
> the
> > springs.
> >
>
> What is the difference between 'padding and 'minimum-distance, then?
>

They both add minimum-length constraints to the spring. The length of a
spring is constrained to be larger than minimum-distance and it is
constrained to be large enough so that there is at least 'padding white
space between the actual stencils. If you like, you can think of
minimum-distance as being "attached" to the same attachment point as the
spring (eg. middle staff line), while padding is "attached" to the
bottom-most part of the stencil.

Cheers,
Joe
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