Re: slashSeparator-question

[Phil Holmes]

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From: ""Dr. med. Kai Lautenschläger"" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user User" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 3:33 PM
Subject: slashSeparator-question


Hi Everyone,

in my scores I usually use the command: system-separator-markup = 
\slashSeparator
within the /paper-block. Sometimes at the same time I want very narrow 
distances between staves (system-system-spacing). After searching the 
manuals I couldn't find an answer to two questions concerning this symbol. I 
read there, that I can use any /markup-block for system-separator-markup 
but:

1. Sometimes the slashSeparator comes very close to the bar-numbering of the 
first staff. Is it possible to pad the slashSeparator in any way. For that I 
would - as I understand it - have to know the context in which the symbol is 
set.

2. I can not change the size (I would like for it to be larger) of the 
symbol. If I am not mistaken I would need a possibility to directly name the 
glyph. But I can't find a hint, where the gylph comes form (what font, maybe 
a glyph-name). Can anyone point me to that information?

Maybe I searched for the wrong keywords or didn't understand the manual. Any 
tip is very welcome!…

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A search of the source code gives:

slashSeparator = \markup {
 \center-align
 \vcenter \combine
 \beam #2.0 #0.5 #0.48
 \raise #0.7 \beam #2.0 #0.5 #0.48
}

So - as the name implies, system-separator-markup simply uses markup as its 
argument, so you could put any valid markup there, I believe.  However, I 
don't think there is any collision avoidance done with the separator and the 
staves.

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Phil Holmes