Re: empty left space in measures

[Dr. med. Kai Lautenschläger]

Thanks Trevor,

Am 9.10.2014 um 15:44 schrieb Trevor Daniels <address@hidden>:

> 
> Kai, you wrote Thursday, October 09, 2014 2:27 PM
> 
>> In many of my scores for choral pieces I see an effect, that I could 
>> not make a minimal example for. So my question is, if anyone has 
>> seen this and could point me towards the usual suspects of reasons for this 
>> behaviour.
> 
>> Often I see a expanded empty space at the beginning of measures. 
>> The measures are engraved with lilypond standard (no tweaks or overrides) 
>> and 
>> it is obviously not linked to lyrics (I tried leaving them out and changing 
>> the 
>> length of syllables). I does also not change, if I reduce to one staff or 
>> voice. 
>> I suspect something linked to chopping the music into measures is the 
>> reason, 
>> but I have no clue, how to find out more. Maybe it is connected to 
>> linebreaking, too. 
> 
> No idea.  I think you'll need to post the source of the smallest example you 
> can which
> shows this effect - no lyrics, one staff, one voice.  And don't forget the 
> version!

Since this particular score I am working on is very extensive and some of the 
code goes way over my head, I was hoping for an idea where to start minimizing 
(I was dreaming of something like: start with the vertical spacing - I had that 
once and it was linked to that). Just an idea or an hint rather then an answer. 
The programming pros in the list often showed this gut feeling in what area one 
could look for an error/problem. As soon as I succeeded in making minimal 
example, half (or more ;-)) of my problem will be solved. 

> Trevor

Kai