Re: problem with vertical spacing paper variables

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 03/09/2022 à 22:20, Werner LEMBERG a écrit :
> I'm working on integrating the visual grob index into the NR.  To do
> that, I'm trying to get the largest possible `@image` without overfull
> warnings, then setting the margins to zero.  This works just fine.
>
> However, when also setting the vertical spacing paper variables to
> zero to make the ink directly touch the margins, I still get some
> additional vertical space at the very top starting on the second page
> that I can't explain.  It's the '0.51' value showing up in upper right
> corner of the annotated example code.  What is this?  How can I
> suppress this?
>
> Here's my test code.
> [...]


If you add back some margins, you will see that there is a bar
number on the left of the system, which is out of the page when
margins are removed, but nevertheless takes vertical space. Add

\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    \remove Bar_number_engraver
  }
}