Re: choir music

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> David does not indicate what version he is using, but I first started to
> see this same thing with about 1.3.85. It did not happen in 1.3.71. In
> my case I have 4 part choir music, but when only one part is active the
> staff spacing is almost double the spacing that a single part with
> lyrics uses. This is a problem in that I have a score which now runs a
> page longer in 1.3.89 than it did in 1.3.71.
> 
> If this change is intentional, how do I get the old behaviour?

I think it is related to presetting

  LyricVoiceMinimumVerticalExtent = #(cons -1.2 1.2)

(see engraver.ly). You can revert by

1. setting

   LyricVoiceMinimumVerticalExtent = ##f

2. creating a HaraKiriLyrics, see engraver.ly for an example. You
   would need this patch, prolly


        --- axis-group-engraver.cc~     Sat Sep  2 22:46:36 2000
        +++ axis-group-engraver.cc      Fri Sep 29 15:51:36 2000
        @@ -157,7 +157,8 @@
         Hara_kiri_engraver::acknowledge_element (Score_element_info i)
         {
           Axis_group_engraver::acknowledge_element (i);
        -  if (Rhythmic_head::has_interface (i.elem_l_))
        +  if (Rhythmic_head::has_interface (i.elem_l_)
        +      || i.elem_l_->has_interface (ly_symbol2scm 
("lyric-syllable-interface")))
             {
               Hara_kiri_group_spanner::add_interesting_item (staffline_p_, 
i.elem_l_);
             }




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