David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes: > On Sat 04 Nov 2017 at 02:10:53 (+0100), David Kastrup wrote: >> Jérôme Plût <plut.jer...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I tried applying the contents of >> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems >> > to move the figured bass a bit closer to the staff: >> > >> > \version "2.19.54" >> > \score { { \new StaffGroup << >> > \new Staff { \clef "F" c d e f } >> > \new Lyrics \with { >> > \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing = >> > #'((basic-distance . 1) (stretchability . 0)) >> > } \lyrics { "c"4 "d" "e" "f" } >> > \new FiguredBass \with { >> > \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing = >> > #'((basic-distance . 1)) >> > } \figures { <5>4 <5>4 <5> <5> } >> >>> } \layout { indent = 0 \cm } >> > >> > Yet this stupid figured bass does not move, even if I input a >> > ridiculously large value for 'basic-distance. >> > >> > What is happening? >> >> \lyrics is the same as \new Lyrics \lyricmode ... so your own \new >> Lyrics is contentless. Same with \figures and \new FiguredBass >> \figuremode ... >> >> I find that overriding the settings (both!) in the Lyrics context works >> fine. >> >> Either use the \...mode constructs or use \lyrics \with { ... } ... and >> \figures \with { ... } ... . > > \lyrics is new to me
It's very thinly documented since it just confuses people. As you can see. At one time it was entirely undocumented even I think. > so I thought I'd look it up. It took a while to find it in the NR as > it's rather hidden away under §5.4 (and with no index entry). Intentionally I think. > I've yet to figure out the paragraph in changes.pdf starting > "\lyricsto and \addLyrics have been harmonized." There seems to be > quite a lot in it. (I assume \addLyrics there and on p290 of NR are > typos.) I just came back from a conference where I had two talks about music creation under GNU/Linux. So if nobody else can be bothered, trigger me again in a few days. > But in the example on p142 of the LM, is that a mistake? > Would I be right in thinking that > words = \lyrics { the text } > is a more expensive construction than > words = \lyricmode { the text } The former is short for words = \new Lyrics \lyricmode { the text } > BTW is there a move towards \voice, \staff, \grandstaff, etc? I have no idea what you are even talking about here. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user