Re: 2.13.54 breaks NoteNames vertical spacing

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith OHara" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: 2.13.54 breaks NoteNames vertical spacing


> Michael Ellis <michael.f.ellis <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >  In 2.12,  the NoteNames output lays close beneath the lyric line.
> > In 2.13.54 the gap is quite large and the output collides with
> > markup above the next staff.  Is there a workaround?
> Try
> \layout { \context {
>  \NoteNames
>  \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #UP
> }}
>
> The initialization file (engraver-init.ly) actually says
>  % FIXME: not sure what the default should be here.
>  \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #DOWN
>
> So let's set the correct default now.  Is there any reason to assume that 
> note-
> names will most often be associated with the staff above or the staff 
> below ?
>
> If not, we can set staff-affinity to CENTER -- which doesn't really mean 
> center
> but means get close to a staff on either side.  I guess the programmer 
> didn't
> think that 'staff-affinity = #PROMISCUOUS  was appropriate.

It definitely works best with staff-affinity UP, where the note names are 
below the stave.  Presumably it would be best with DOWN where they're above. 
It also is improved with:

\paper {
   system-system-spacing #'padding = #5
}


IIRC, this is all to do with the system spacing not taking account of 
non-staff grobs?  I do think this is likely to cause a number of problems in 
the future.

--
Phil Holmes