Re: How to adjust space between ChordNames and Staff?

[Trevor Daniels]

Risto Vääräniemi wrote Friday, January 13, 2017 3:15 PM

> On 13 January 2017 at 01:20, Trevor Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Thomas Morley wrote Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:26 PM
>>
>>> 2017-01-12 21:13 GMT+01:00 Risto Vääräniemi <address@hidden>:
>>>
>>>> The spacing between ChordNames and Staff seems a bit tight by default. I've
>>>> been trying to adjust it but I haven't figured out the right magic words
>>>
>>> Do it in \layout
>>>
>>> chordStuff = \chords { c1 d:m }
>>> melody = \relative c'' { c4 c c c | d d d d }
>>> \score {
>>>  <<
>>>    \new ChordNames  { \chordStuff }
>>>    \new Staff { \melody }
>>>  >>
>>>  \layout {
>>>      \context {
>>>        \ChordNames
>>>        \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = 
>>> #10
>>>      }
>>>  }
>>> }
>>
>> Interesting.  Does that mean the ChordNames and Lyrics contexts behave
>> differently wrt the vertical spacing controls when these are placed within a
>> \with { } block, since Lyrics can be spaced out that way?
>>
>> If so, is this intended for some reason ... or a bug?
>
> Thanks Harm. That did the trick. However, I concur with Trevor about the 
> confusing difference compared to Lyrics. I assumed that they'd work the 
> same way so I did not occur to me to try the \layout block. If it /is/ an 
> intended behaviour, there should probably be a note that the settings 
> won't work with \with { }.

Exactly, but I think we need to understand exactly what the problem is before
we can decide (a) whether this _is_ a bug and if so (b) whether it is a coding 
or
a documentation problem.

Copying to bug list so this doesn't get forgotten.

Trevor