Eluze <[email protected]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote >> Eluze < > >> eluzew@ > >> > writes: >> >>> should this be changed to /amount (positive number)/ >> >> I don't think so. Instead LilyPond should be able to deal with >> backspacing stencils. > > that would be even nicer! > > now coming back to the original topic where Phil wanted to make a correction > to the distance of the text after the \circle: > > \markup { > \override #'(circle-padding . 0.55) > \fontsize #-2.5 { "tune " \circle 3 \hspace #-2 "to f #" } > } > > he had to do this because overriding the circle-padding also increases the > distance of the following object: > > \markup \center-column { > \override #'(circle-padding . 0) \box \concat { "xxx" \box \circle 3 > "xxx" } > \override #'(circle-padding . 12) \box \concat { "xxx" \box \circle 3 > "xxx" } > } > > hspace.png <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n136649/hspace.png> > > is this intended? and why?
Well, as I explained \hspace special-cases negative distances by setting _both_ left and right border of the stencil to a negative value rather than just the right one. So the padding sees the left border and pushes out. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
