Thank you both. Carl's solution seems to shorten the right side as well, so I think I will use Lukas's.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 2:43 PM Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *From: *lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+carl.d.sorensen= > [email protected]> on behalf of Jon Arnold <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, October 15, 2021 at 1:14 PM > *To: *Lukas-Fabian Moser <[email protected]> > *Cc: *lilypond-user <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: Override start of figured bass continuation line > > > > Here's an example: > > \version "2.22.1" > > \score { > \new Staff { > { > << > {f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 | > f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 } > \new FiguredBass { > \figuremode { > \bassFigureExtendersOn > <[_!]>8 <_!> <_>8 q8 s2 | > <[_!]>8 <_!> s16 <_> q8 > } > } > >> > } > } > } > > > > I would like the note-spacing of the first bar combined with the > continuation line of the second (or maybe something in between). I do not > want the note spacing of the second measure. > > > > Here’s an approach that’s different from Lukas’s. It makes the invisible > figure wider. > > > > \version "2.22.1" > > > > \score { > > \new Staff { > > { > > << > > {f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 | > > f''8 e'' d'' c'' b'2 } > > \new FiguredBass { > > \figuremode { > > \bassFigureExtendersOn > > <[_!]>8 <_!> > > % we tell the spacing engine that the invisible bass figure has > some extent, so the > > % continuation line is moved to the right. Numbers are in staff > spaces > > \once\override FiguredBass.BassFigure.X-extent = #'(0 . 1) <_>8 > q8 s2 | > > <[_!]>8 <_!> s16 <_> q8 > > } > > } > > >> > > } > > } > > } > > > > HTH, > > > > Carl > > >
