David Wright <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sat 04 Nov 2017 at 02:10:53 (+0100), David Kastrup wrote:
>> Jérôme Plût <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> > I tried applying the contents of
>> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems
>> > to move the figured bass a bit closer to the staff:
>> >
>> > \version "2.19.54"
>> > \score { { \new StaffGroup <<
>> > \new Staff { \clef "F" c d e f }
>> > \new Lyrics \with {
>> > \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
>> > #'((basic-distance . 1) (stretchability . 0))
>> > } \lyrics { "c"4 "d" "e" "f" }
>> > \new FiguredBass \with {
>> > \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing =
>> > #'((basic-distance . 1))
>> > } \figures { <5>4 <5>4 <5> <5> }
>> >>> } \layout { indent = 0 \cm }
>> >
>> > Yet this stupid figured bass does not move, even if I input a
>> > ridiculously large value for 'basic-distance.
>> >
>> > What is happening?
>>
>> \lyrics is the same as \new Lyrics \lyricmode ... so your own \new
>> Lyrics is contentless. Same with \figures and \new FiguredBass
>> \figuremode ...
>>
>> I find that overriding the settings (both!) in the Lyrics context works
>> fine.
>>
>> Either use the \...mode constructs or use \lyrics \with { ... } ... and
>> \figures \with { ... } ... .
>
> \lyrics is new to me
It's very thinly documented since it just confuses people. As you can
see. At one time it was entirely undocumented even I think.
> so I thought I'd look it up. It took a while to find it in the NR as
> it's rather hidden away under §5.4 (and with no index entry).
Intentionally I think.
> I've yet to figure out the paragraph in changes.pdf starting
> "\lyricsto and \addLyrics have been harmonized." There seems to be
> quite a lot in it. (I assume \addLyrics there and on p290 of NR are
> typos.)
I just came back from a conference where I had two talks about music
creation under GNU/Linux. So if nobody else can be bothered, trigger me
again in a few days.
> But in the example on p142 of the LM, is that a mistake?
> Would I be right in thinking that
> words = \lyrics { the text }
> is a more expensive construction than
> words = \lyricmode { the text }
The former is short for
words = \new Lyrics \lyricmode { the text }
> BTW is there a move towards \voice, \staff, \grandstaff, etc?
I have no idea what you are even talking about here.
--
David Kastrup
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