Configurable spacing

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Hopefully the subject hasn't been totally forgot.
> Generally 1.5 produce wider scores than 1.4 - often I need to use 1.4 
> simply because the spacing in 1.5 is too so that the music doesn't fit 
> in a decent amount of staff-lines.

If you can reduce the problme to a simple file, I'll have a
look. There should not be much difference between 1.5 and 1.4. And
check if this patch helps:

--- spacing-spanner.cc.~1.72.~  Sun May  5 15:44:49 2002
+++ spacing-spanner.cc  Mon May 13 12:17:42 2002
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@
   bool ragged = to_boolean (me->paper_l ()->get_scmvar ("raggedright"));
   Real strength = (ragged) ? 1.0 : 1 / (max_note_space - max_fixed_note_space);
   Real distance = (ragged) ? max_fixed_note_space : max_note_space;
-  Spaceable_grob::add_spring (lc, rc, distance, strength, expand_only);
+  //  Spaceable_grob::add_spring (lc, rc, distance, strength, expand_only);
+  Spaceable_grob::add_spring (lc, rc, distance, strength, false);  
 }
 
 void


> Btw, what is the general opinion on convert-ly. How much does it need to 
> convert? I.e. does it need to convert artihmetic-basicspace settings, or 
> should it just produce a warning and a reference to documentation of how 
> to perform the changes manually?

I think it should simply ignore those settings. We tune and change the
settings and internals all the time. If you want to have portable
files, don't mess with them.

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