One last note- I had to add the Staff context to the scheme function to get
it to work in my scores.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 5:42 PM Jon Arnold <jonarnoldsem...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+carl.d.sorensen=
>> gmail....@gnu.org> on behalf of Jon Arnold <jonarnoldsem...@gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Friday, October 15, 2021 at 1:14 PM
>> *To: *Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de>
>> *Cc: *lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>

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