Control of spacing between left edge and first note

2017-03-10 Thread Thomas Liggett
Hi all, I have a staff without any initial clef, time signature or key signature, and want to increase the space between the left edge of the stave and the first note. The method below works for the first system, but then reverts to the default (closer) spacing for the second system. I’ve refe

Re: Control of spacing between left edge and first note

2017-03-10 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Thomas, Try this perhaps. [You have to retain clefs and barlines and render them transparent, so that they exist to reference off. One ought to be able to just set the value (key-signature extra-space . 8) say, but I am not sure why we need the whole shebang alist.] Andrew == snip \version

Re: Control of spacing between left edge and first note

2017-03-26 Thread Thomas Liggett
Hi Andrew, With your help I've got the desired result – many thanks! (BTW I was able to set the "key-signature extra-space" without including that whole alist.) But I'd like to better understand the logic behind what's happening in my code below. To produce a staff with no clef, key signature, ti

Re: Control of spacing between left edge and first note

2017-03-31 Thread Thomas Liggett
Hello all, Bumping this in the hope that someone might be able to help me continue my gradual ascent of the LIlyPond learning curve! Thanks, Thomas > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Thomas Liggett > Subject: Re: Control of spacing between left edge and first note > Date: 2