> While revising the documentation for proportional spacing [...]
This is now available as
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2279
Werner
>> ```
>> \override PaperColumn.used = ##t
>> ```
>
> I see in Spacing_engraver::stop_translation_timestep():
>
> SCM proportional = get_property (this, "proportionalNotationDuration");
> if (unsmob (proportional))
> {
> set_property (musical_column, "shortest-playing-duration",
>
> While revising the documentation for proportional spacing in the NR I
> stumbled upon
>
> ```
> \override PaperColumn.used = ##t
> ```
>
> that gets mentioned without any explanation. Looking up some
> discussion in `lilypond-user` from 2006
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-u
While revising the documentation for proportional spacing in the NR I
stumbled upon
```
\override PaperColumn.used = ##t
```
that gets mentioned without any explanation. Looking up some
discussion in `lilypond-user` from 2006
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-12/msg00107