On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 14:16 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> writes: > > > the docs ( > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/self_002dalignment_002dinterface > > ) say: > > " > > self-alignment-X (number) > > > > Specify alignment of an object. The value -1 means left aligned, 0 > > centered, and 1 right-aligned in X direction. Other numerical values may > > also be specified. > > " > > > > which doesn't give much clue as to what the units are... (if I'm looking > > at the right thing) > > The units are pretty well-defined. -1 means left-aligned, 1 means right > aligned. So moving the entire width of the object from left edge to > right edge implies a difference of 2. > > So the unit is half the object width.
Ah, thank you, I see. I think it would be well worth adding that last sentence to that description. I've submitted this suggestion to bug-lilypond Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
