There was a clarification by Thomas Weber: It is not relevant whether a given
dynamic text is the lowest in a given system but what the vertical distance to
the element on the next staff is.
See attached output of this file:
```
\version "2.19.37"
<<
{c'\f d'2 a4\f}
{g''' f'' e' f'}
>>
```
It is clear that it is the *left* dynamic that should be shifted, although it's
the *right* that is the lowest on the staff.
So an approach shouldn't consider the absolute position of a dynamic text but
rather the distance between the dynamics lower vertical skyline and the upper
skyline of the highest item on the staff below the current one.
Attachments:
-
[vertical-distance.png](https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/_discuss/thread/e020e11b/9673/attachment/vertical-distance.png)
(15.0 kB; image/png)
---
** [issues:#4756] Automatically shift dynamics horizontally?**
**Status:** Accepted
**Created:** Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:22 PM UTC by Palmer Ralph
**Last Updated:** Tue Feb 16, 2016 09:15 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**
-
[dynamic-increases-staff-distance.png](https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4756/attachment/dynamic-increases-staff-distance.png)
(16.9 kB; image/png)
Urs Liska and Malte Meyn wrote :
The fact that dynamics are always aligned to their notes can cause
unnecessarily large distances between staves as you can for example see
in the attached image generated from the following code.
~~~~
\version "2.19.35"
off = {
% uncomment either of the following lines
% \once \override DynamicText.X-offset = -3
% \once \override DynamicText.X-offset = -3.5
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff \relative c'' {
<<
{
\voiceOne
c2 2
}
\new Voice {
\voiceTwo
e,4 c \off g \sf g'
}
>>
}
\new Staff \relative g {
\clef bass
<<
{
\voiceOne
g4 a8 b c4 b8 a
}
\new Voice {
\voiceTwo
c,1
}
>>
}
>>
}
~~~~
In such situations one will usually shift the dynamics to the left, and
Lily will automatically use the space better. You can see that when you
uncomment one of the lines in \off.
Would there be a way to approach this problem automatically, presumably
controlled by a configuration variable?
Basically a DynamicText (would this be true for other grobs as well? I
can't think of any) would - after line breaking is finished - have to
determine if it is the lowest element in a staff, and then consider
moving left until it can be shifted upwards. Is this possible?
I think this is something that would greatly reduce the number of cases
where LilyPond produces ugly layout by default, so it should be worth
exploring.
-and-
~~~~
In my opinion moving the sf to the left looks like the b of the left
hand has the accent. In this case I would prefer a positive shift (to
the right):
off = {
\once \override DynamicText.X-offset = 0.3
}
So if it is possible at all to do this automatically one probably would
want to be able to write something like
\once \override DynamicText.auto-X-offset = #RIGHT
~~~~
---
Sent from sourceforge.net because [email protected] is
subscribed to https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/
To unsubscribe from further messages, a project admin can change settings at
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/admin/issues/options. Or, if this is
a mailing list, you can unsubscribe from the mailing list.------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance
APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month
Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now
Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now!
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140
_______________________________________________
Testlilyissues-auto mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/testlilyissues-auto
