Re: Distance of a grob from its reference point

[Paolo Prete]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:09 PM Paolo Prete <address@hidden> wrote:

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0.56 s exactly the quantity corresponding to extra-offset to 0.1.   But if you produce a SVG file, and open it with a text editor, you will see three pairs of coordinates:

(first bracket)

<text transform="translate(35.1781, 4.6976)" .... 

(second bracket)

<text transform="translate(35.1781, 4.6976)" .... 

(third bracket)

<text transform="translate(48.2297, 4.5976)"...

As you can see, only the third bracket (corresponding to the extra-offset property) is correctly shifted by 0.1

I also checked that the same issue happens with DynamicLineSpanner. There's a value aroud 0.46, but not exactly 0.46 as the default offset.  And it seems to be the same for both OttavaBracket and DynamicLineSpanner....

Where did you pick the 0.46 value? I did grep on the whole tree src, and even if it's set as  default_outside_staff_padding_  (axis_group_interface.cc) it must have overridden by something else...

Best,

Paolo

Well, I think I got the issue.

You don't have to consider the default 0.46 value.

outside-staff-padding's behavior is similar to Y-offset's one (I'm talking about \override, NOT \offset command). It only differs for the reference point. Third line in Y-offset, first line in outside-staff-padding.

So, you can use it only with a ruler starting from the ref point. 

Even if uncomfortable, it makes sense.

HTH

Paolo