2016-01-24 20:15 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]>: > Hi again, > > Here’s a perfect example of what I’m talking about… > > For KeyCancellation, the output of Harm’s function includes > > GROB-INTERFACE > X-extent: > (0.0 . 5.866662) > > But if I look on > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/internals/keycancellation, > there is no entry for the X-extent setting. And if I follow the interface > link to grob-interface, all it says is > > X-extent (pair of numbers) > Extent (size) in the X direction, measured in staff-space units, relative > to object’s reference point. > > with [obviously] no specific setting for KeyCancellation.
Well, it is the _actual_ default. KeyCancellation _can't_ have a general default of X-extent for all possible KeyCancellations... > Now, if I want to reduce or enlarge KeyCancellation.X-extent, knowing that > default is (0.0 . 5.866662)*** gives me critical information that I can > actually use as a reference point; without that information, the > trial-and-error factor increases dramatically. Well, we have the \offset-function ... No clue about possible limitations, though > Thanks again, Harm. This is *extremely* helpful, and exactly solves this > problem which I’ve asked about on the list several times over the past few > years. > > Best regards, > Kieren. > > *** I’m not sure if that strange-looking value 5.866662 is the result of some > calculation that is getting evaluated/resolved in order to be visible in the > output… but that’s of secondary concern to me as a user/tweaker. Cheers, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
