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Re: Why does -dbackend=svg -dcrop remove system-system-spacing?


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: Why does -dbackend=svg -dcrop remove system-system-spacing?
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:29:12 +0100 (CET)

> Perhaps the syntax and functionality of -dcrop could be extended to
> include:
> 
> <absent>     ie default #f:  as now, no cropped output
> -dcrop       ie #t: preserve whitespace, set as one long cropped *page*
> -dcrop num   separate cropped *systems* by num mm of whitespace
>              (mm is already used as the unit of eps-box-padding)
> 
> So anyone who relies on the current behaviour could just add 0 to
> their -dcrop option. Transparent strut workarounds could be removed.

I vote against this.  LilyPond's behaviour is simply broken and should
be corrected.  People who use struts can also easily set the
staff-staff distance to zero (using the standard LilyPond paper
variables).


   Werner



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