Re: How to adjust the space between notes?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Antheo,

> Yes a short sample would be nice but as it is a layout question it does not
> makes sense to shorten the code. Here is the code i wrote:
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27667198/commons.ly commons.ly 
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27667198/Introduction%2B-%2BSaint%2BSaens.ly
> Introduction+-+Saint+Saens.ly 

OK -- now I can see what's going on.  =)

1. If I'm not mistaken, you're trying to adjust not the overall spacing, but 
specific spacing choices/proportions based on note length. It's easy to match 
the length of the entire snippet to the desired output/example -- by tweaking 
common-shortest-duration -- but you want (e.g.) more space left for a dotted 
eighth than Lilypond's default. I believe this isn't controlled by 
"common-shortest-duration" only, but by other settings — I don't know the exact 
details, but I imagine there's a relatively easy way to set these proportions 
as you would like them. Maybe someone else can answer more completely.

2. The specific issue of the extra space given by the half-note looks like a 
bug to me. [Hence the cross-post to the bug list.]

Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance.
Kieren.