Re: bug with baseline-skip in markup-list-commands?

[Thomas Morley]

2015-08-06 1:45 GMT+02:00 Thomas Morley <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> look at the following code (png attached)
>
> \version "2.19.24"
>
> mrkpI =
> \markup
>  {
>   \override #'(baseline-skip . 10)
>   \column \box { "xy" "xy" "xy" "xy" }
>  }
>
> mrkpII =
> \markuplist
>  {
>   \override-lines #'(baseline-skip . 10)
>   \column-lines \box { "xy" "xy" "xy" "xy" }
>  }
>
> \markup \line { \box \mrkpI \box \column \mrkpII }
>
>
> The markup-list-version for baseline-skip adds space even above top
> and below bottom line.
> Responsible is 'space-lines' from define-markup-commands.scm.
> (used in justified-lines, wordwrap-lines, column-lines)
>
> Is this really intended?
> At least the description for column-lines says different:
> "[...] @code{baseline-skip} determines the space between (sic!) each
> markup in @var{args}"
>
> If not intended (that's what I guess), I'll provide a patch.
>
>
> Cheers,
>   Harm

Well, the regtest ‘markup-lines.ly’ _uses_ the additional space,
nevertheless I'd call it absolutely inconsistent and confusing.
The additional space in said regtest could be inserted with \vspace as
it must have been done when a markup-command like \justify would have
been used.

Cheers,
  Harm