Re: Again vertical spacing FiguredBass / Staff / Lyrics

[Michael Käppler]

Thank you very much, Carl, for your advice! I have made an interesting 
observation, though:
If minimum-distance is set instead of basic-distance, the numbers are 
aligned at the top staff.
Is this somehow intended behaviour?

Regards,
Michael

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\version "2.13.58"

notes = \repeat unfold 20 { a4 b c b }

text = \lyricmode {
  \repeat unfold 20 { bla bla bla bla }
}

numbers = \figuremode {
  \repeat unfold 20 {<3 5>4<4 6>  <_+>  <7>  }
}

\layout {
  \context {
    \FiguredBass
    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #DOWN
  }
  \context {
    \Staff
%    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing #'basic-distance 
= #20
    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing 
#'minimum-distance = #20
  }
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff {
      \new Voice = "one" \relative c'' \notes
    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto one \text %% Comment this out
    \new FiguredBass \numbers
    \new Staff { \clef bass \relative c \notes }
  >>
}

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> Oops, my mistake.  I should have said default-staff-staff-spacing.
>
> The reason why the Lyrics causes problems is because it comes between the
> FiguredBass and the staff above, so it's used for calculating the spacing.
>
> The real surprise to me is that the 'padding value works at all.  Non-staff
> lines are supposed to be placed in *after* the staves are already placed.
>
> HTH,
>
> Carl