On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Carl Sorensen
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On 10/2/10 10:50 PM, "Joe Neeman" <
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> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:08 PM, <
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>> On 2010/10/03 02:49:30, Mark Polesky wrote:
>>> On 2010/10/02 16:32:06, Carl wrote:
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>> I don't think so. I think 'padding is added as a rigid space interval,
>> hence my saying that it is added to the layout item above.
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>> 'space should begin below 'padding IIUC.
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> The attachment point of 'space doesn't depend on 'padding (or
> 'minimum-distance). If you think in terms of springs, the beginning of one
> spring is always glued to the end of the previous one. 'padding and
> 'minimum-distance are only useful in determining the minimum lengths of the
> springs.
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What is the difference between 'padding and 'minimum-distance, then?
They both add minimum-length constraints to the spring. The length of a spring is constrained to be larger than minimum-distance and it is constrained to be large enough so that there is at least 'padding white space between the actual stencils. If you like, you can think of minimum-distance as being "attached" to the same attachment point as the spring (eg. middle staff line), while padding is "attached" to the bottom-most part of the stencil.
Cheers,
Joe