Re: basic question regarding \drummode

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> 2016-11-05 14:11 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>
>> Now here is another consideration: I wanted to use \drums here but it
>> created another DrumStaff.
>>
>> It turns out that the shortcuts
>>
>>     \figures \chords \drums \lyrics
>>
>> all create a Bottom context _except_ for \drums.  Should we change
>> \drums revert to creating a DrumVoice?
>
> Why "revert"? Was it this way earlier?

I don't think so.  I have no idea what I was thinking and it's not like
the sentence is even grammatical.

> In the following example the override is applied to a Voice, but a
> visible change happens only in TabStaff.
>
> Why?
>
> mus =
> <<
>     { e'2 }
>     \\
>     { \once \override NoteColumn.X-offset = 1.5 c' }
>>>
>
> <<
>   \new Staff \mus
>   \new TabStaff \mus
>>>
>
> Not sure we should change this behaviour, I took it as feature ...

I have no idea.  A cursory grep turns up

lily/note-collision.cc:  ncol->set_property ("X-offset", 
Grob::x_parent_positioning_proc);

which would suggest that there is some code for overriding note column X
offsets.  I haven't looked what triggers it though.

-- 
David Kastrup