Re: vertical spacing of StaffGroup

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> [CVS 2006-03-17]
>
> > > What must I do to make
> > >
> > >   \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-10 . 10)
> > >
> > > work for the `StaffGroup' context?  I want a score layout like
> > > this (each horizontal line represents a staff):
> > You can't, technically: StaffGroup is just a bunch of staves with a
> > bracket in front, and spanning bar lines.
>
> This is a pity, IMHO.  Graham, this should be probably documented...
>
> > > I could fiddle with VerticalAxisGroup of single staff lines, but...
> > > I could also insert invisible staves, but...
> > If you're inserting something invisible, I'd recommend a Lyrics
> > context.  You have to make sure it's not hara-kiri'd though.
>
> Will give it a try, thanks.
>
> A related problem which I consider as very important is the
> introduction of stretching vertical space as used in TeX:
>
>   \vspace 3em plus 10pt minus 10pt


> This is something for the TODO file -- BTW, it seems that there isn't
> a TODO file in lilypond...

No, TODO files tend to fill up with bad ideas that never get implemented 
anyway.


> On the other hand, page-layout-twopass.ly, which probably can do
> something similar already, appears to be broken: The output file
> page-layout-twopass-page-layout.ly is always empty.  Or am I missing
> something?  The documentation is, hmm, sparse...

Comment out the \markup. The problem is that the \markup triggers 
another layout write, which overwrites the first one.

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