Re: Fixed Vertical Spacing

[Mats Bengtsson]

address@hidden wrote:

> > >  \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = ##f }
> > >      
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> > I wouldn't have imagined that a spacing value could be set to "false"
> >    
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> Me neither.  Are there any guidelines on what properties can be set to
> ##f, or should we just always try that when we are trying to make
> something have a null effect?
>
>  
Some properties need a value (setting the value to ##f
normally corresponds to that the property isn't set at all)
otherwise LilyPond can't do its job. However, in most cases
it works, so it's normally worth a try.

One amusing example you could try is to set also the Y-extent
property below to ##f. LilyPond will still produce some output
but you get a good illustration of the difference between having
zero vertical extent and having none at all.

  /Mats

> -- Tom
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> > You can indeed set the vertical height of a Lyrics context to zero:
> >
> > \new Lyrics \with {
> >  \override VerticalAxisGroup #'Y-extent = #'(0 . 0)
> >  \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = ##f }
> >  \lyricmode{ Here is some text }
> >
> >   /Mats
> >
> >    
>
> Thank you very much!
> I wouldn't have imagined that a spacing value
> could be set to "false" :-)
>
>  


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