Re: Vertical space above ossia

[Ben]

In your original post, you mentioned that you wanted the ossia closer to the below-staff, which the code earlier should help with.

If you are talking about explicitly positioning a single staff in addition to that, maybe you could try something from:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/explicit-staff-and-system-positioning

\overrideProperty Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn.line-break-system-details
            #'((Y-offset . 0))

etc.

Does that help? Do you have a photo showing the exact visual output you're after? 

On 5/17/2018 10:51 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote:

* Ben, address@hidden [17/05/18 16:39]:

On 5/17/2018 10:13 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote:

* Ben, address@hidden [17/05/18 15:52]:

On 5/17/2018 9:34 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote:

* Ben, address@hidden [17/05/18 12:05]:

On 5/17/2018 2:01 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote:

I'm having trouble eliminating vertical space above an Ossia
snippet. This is the example of the manual, augmented to extend over
multiple lines:

\version "2.19.32"


\new Staff = "main" \relative {
\repeat unfold 4 {  c''4 b d c} \break
\repeat unfold 4 {  c4 b d c}
    <<
      { c4 b d c }

      \new Staff \with {
        \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
        alignAboveContext = #"main"
        \magnifyStaff #2/3
        firstClef = ##f
       \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing = #'(
(basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 0)
(padding . 1.5)
(stretchability . 90) )
      }
      { e4 d f e }
    >>
\break
\repeat unfold 4 {  c4 b d c}
    c4 b c2
}

The vertical distance above the ossia I could not reduce no matter how
much I tweaked the numbers in the override, and so the distance
between the two lines with ossia in the middle is different from the
rest. I also tried "staff-staff-spacing" instead of
"default-staff-staff-spacing" but there is no change.

Is it possible to reduce the vertical distance above the ossia? I
gave up and ended up doing the ossia with music included in a markup,
for the markup I know how to tweak all vertical distances.

You could always try to approach from the paper block? :) Does that work for
your needs?

Thanks Ben,

This is exactly what I try in my snippet. I've also tried to put the
override in the general score and in the paper block, but those lines
refuse to get closer no matter what I try.

(see attached) :)

Oh, now I understand. Then just do this:

  \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing =

%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.19.32"

\new Staff = "main" \relative {
\repeat unfold 12 {  c''4 b d c} \break
\repeat unfold 12 {  c4 b d c}
  <<
    { c4 b d c }

    \new Staff \with {

      \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
      alignAboveContext = #"main"
      \magnifyStaff #2/3
      firstClef = ##f
    \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing =
    #'(
        (basic-distance . 0)
        (minimum-distance . 0)
        (padding . .5)
        (stretchability . 90)
        )
    }
    { e4 d f e }
  >>
\break
\repeat unfold 4 {  c4 b d c}
  c4 b c2
}

\paper {
  system-system-spacing =
    #'((basic-distance . 12)
       (minimum-distance . 1)
       (padding . 1)
       (stretchability . 6))
}

Thanks, that looks better. There is still in my opinion too much space
above the ossia, and if you want to make the staffs equally space,
this imposes a large space between them. 

Is it impossible to tweak the vertical space above the ossia at all?