Re: Parenthensize a horizontal group?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-08-25 7:36 am, Ernie Braganza wrote:
> When I use the parenthesizeMusic function or the snippet in LSR-902 
> with a
> winged repeat bar, the parenthesis collides with the bar. I have not 
> been
> able to find a way to pad the bar or the parentheses in a way that 
> avoids
> this.
> [in this code I could simply reduce the font size, but that does not 
> fix
> the issue in my score]
>
> \relative c''
> {
> \override ParenthesesItem.font-size = 7
>   \override ParenthesesItem.extra-offset =
>   #(lambda (grob) (cons 0 (* -1/2 (ly:grob-staff-position grob))))
>   g2 r4
>   \parenthesizeMusic {
>     d'8 bes8
>   }
>   \bar":|]"
> }

It is possible to add some padding to the BarLine:

%%%%
  \once \override Staff.BarLine.extra-spacing-width = #'(-2 . 0)
  \bar ":|]"
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill