Hi lilypond users,
I have a question about getting the Y position of a grob. I saw this question has been asked previously but I could not find if it had been answered. In the following example, an after-line-breaking function is defined such that no change on the output should occur. The grob is only queried with (ly:grob-extent grob ... Y) but this value is not used. There is a difference in the vertical spacing between the staves of the staff group based on whether this query is present or not. The intention is to be able to query a grob for its Y position relative to another grob in order to draw cross-staff spanners, where it is necessary to calculate the distance between grobs not only on the X axis but also on the Y axis. Here, the system is being used to accurately get the X position, but using the system to get the Y position triggers this spacing error but appears to return the correct position before the spacing shift.
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\language "english"
\version "2.23.14"
#(set-global-staff-size 12)
\score {
<<
\new Staff {
\once \override NoteHead.after-line-breaking = #(lambda (grob)
(let*
(
(sys (ly:grob-system grob))
(x-extent (ly:grob-extent grob sys X))
;;uncomment y-extent to cause spacing error
;(y-extent (ly:grob-extent grob sys Y))
)
(display (list x-extent ))
)
)
c'1
c'1
c'1
c'1
}
\new Staff {
c'1
c'1
c'1
c'1
}
>>
}
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