Re: Footers outside the type area

[Alexander Kobel]

On 2012-02-07 16:04, -Eluze wrote:
> Hannes Kuhnert-2 wrote:
> > [...]
> > Especially the notes should fill the same area on every page,
> > regardless if there is a footer or not.
> [...]
> I don't think this is possible by now - I'll wait a while to see if
> somebody know a way, and will add a an enhancement request if
> needed.
>
> Eluze

Hi,

it's a bit clumsy, but there's a workaround: (Untested for a while, but 
it used to work back when the vertical spacing variables had other 
names. You might have to fiddle a bit there.)
In the \paper block, set 'last-bottom-spacing to a ridiculously large 
negative 'padding (like -100 staff units) and a fixed positive 
'minimum-distance.

Then, the vertical extent of whatever belongs to the bottom-most staff 
is essentially ignored for vertical spacing because of the 'padding; 
'minimum-distance sets the distance from the top of the footer area to 
the middle staff line of the last staff.
Thus, you effectively get the last staff at the same position on all 
pages, regardless of the footer. If you want the staff to move, but the 
note with the lowest vertical extent to be in the same position, you can 
try to use 'padding and 'basic-distance instead.

I hope this makes sense to you. If not, come back to me; I can dig out 
an example of the whole stuff as soon as I'm in front of my private 
machine again.


Best,
Alexander