Re: temporarily overriding paper variables

[David Kastrup]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:

> Le mercredi 29 mars 2023 à 10:58 +0000, Werner LEMBERG a écrit :
>> ```
>> 
>> >> Alas, it *still* doesn't work as expected.  Obviously, I have
>> >> simplified the code example too much: adding a `ChordNames` context
>> >> prevents alignment.  Note that the top skyline of the chord symbol
>> >> doesn't show anything suspicious.
>> > 
>> > Okay, then I think we are hitting something else.
>> 
>> It seems so, yes.  Jean, do you have an idea?  Shall I submit an
>> issue?
>
> I am not yet sure if this is a bug or not.

I'd call it more of an inconsistency with regard to behavior of
something for which (ly:stencil-empty ... #X) returns #t (namely
vertical spacing).  The behavior inside of markup itself is to space and
pad the adjacent vertical elements as if the vertical spacing weren't
there, then add the spacing.

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David Kastrup