Re: Shortened volta span & autopackage

[Mats Bengtsson]

Daniel Johnson wrote:
> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
>
> > Shelagh Manton wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I was hoping somebody would point me to the place in the documentation
> > > where it shows how to shorten a volta bracket. I've seen it, but can't
> > > find it again..
> >
> > The volta will include exactly as many notes as you include in the
> > corresponding block of the \alternative{...}, so can't you just move
> > some notes outside the \alternative{...}, or maybe I didn't understand
> > your question. It's always easier to answer if you include some LilyPond
> > code and tell exactly what you want changed.
>
>
> I believe the original poster was desiring to set the vertical extent of
> a volta bracket, rather than the horizontal.

The height of the left/right edge should be controlled by
\override Staff.VoltaBracket #'height = #1.0  % Default = 2.0!
and the default distance between the bracket and the stave by
\override Staff.VoltaBracket #'minimum-space = #4.0 % Default = 5.0

See 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond-internals/VoltaBracket.html#VoltaBracket
for the documentation.

   /Mats