Re: docs

[Graham Percival]

On 31-Aug-05, at 8:45 AM, Hans de Rijck wrote:

> > > \stemUp
> > > \stemDown
> >
> > I'm not certain about these.  I commented out the section on setting
> > stem
> > directions, since that section isn't useful.  I suppose I could 
> > include
> > that
> > info in the section on polyphony.
>
> Well, setting stem directions can be usefull, why not document it?

Ehh... well, ok.  I guess they're sufficiently useful.  At least until 
I've
integrated ly/property-init.ly somehow.

> > I'm accepting suggestions.  This example is created from
> > input/test/script-chart.ly ;
> > the names are done as lyrics.  How can you space out lyrics ?
>
> Well, how about the same hack I use when lilypond is spacing notes too
> close: add /breaks
> to force a more 'airy' appearance (you can do that with \override
> Score.SpacingSpanner #'shortest-duration-space = #3.0 but the breaks 
> give
> more control, like the old-time engravers had :-)

This appears to be an actual bug with lyric handling, so let's see if 
that
gets fixed first.


> No, not necessarily. What Mats writes makes sense:
>
> One method is to increase the staff-padding property, which specifies
> the minimum distance from the stave. This means that that the distance
> to the closest note will only matter if you have a note far below
> the stave. Try for example
> \override DynamicLineSpanner #'staff-padding = 2

I've added this example.

> Graham, could you post this to the list, it bounces me.

Ok.  If the message is just "your email is waiting for moderator 
approval",
it should get through eventually.

Cheers,
- Graham