Re: Volta bracket hack

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Sven Axelsson wrote:
> On 25/12/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Sven Axelsson wrote:
> >
> > > This hack for putting volta brackets at a fixed y-position doesn't
> > > work anymore. What is the current incantation?
> > >
> > >  \override Staff.VoltaBracket #'Y-offset-callbacks = #(list 
> > > Staff_symbol_referencer::callback)
> > >  \override Staff.VoltaBracket #'staff-position = #10
> >
> > try #'Y-offset = #10
>
>
> No, that's not the trick. The documentation says that is the movement
> relative to the x-parent, so I still need to set a fixed parent to get
> all brackets at the same Y-position.

that's a typo, obviously.  Y-offset is relative to the Y-parent.

all brackets have the same parent, the VerticalAxisGroup for the Staff.
Your original code is equivalent to

 #'Y-offset = #(* staff-space-for-this-staff 0.5 10)

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