On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 13:27 -0500, David Nalesnik wrote: > Richard, > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Richard Shann > <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 16:00 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > > Hello Richard, > > > > \set Score.bars-per-line-engraver '(4)) > > Thanks - > I can't get that to compile, and indeed I can't track down > bars-per-line-engraver in the 2.18 docs, but I see it in > snippets (see > below). > > > http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=838 > > > You set the bars per line as part of the \consist; you can't use \set.
yes, I guessed that maybe Jacques had been writing from memory and thought it best not to leave potentially wrong syntax to be picked up by others. I am very foggy about \consists \with and so on... As I remarked earlier, getting the line breaks in is not a big deal, there are only three or four in a chord chart. But I fear fixed bar widths may turn out to be more important than I thought. It is all to do with how people's eyes scan the lines as they read. When reading text I have often noticed that the brain picks up a word that is actually on the next line and inserts it into the current sentence when it is semantically plausible. It tells us that we are actually processing more than a linear set of symbols when we read. I think the alignment of the bars on successive lines may reduce a sense of clutter that would impair the fluency of those experienced in reading from these charts. (BTW, sorry for the late response, this reply got lost ...) Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
