version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.64"
+@c \version "2.12.0"
@ignore
GDP TODO list
c^"This text is placed close to the previous text"
@end lilypond
-TODO: this example doesn't work any more ?
-By default, outside-staff objects are placed without regard to
-their horizontal distance from the previously-positioned grobs. This
+By default, outside-staff objects are placed only to avoid
+a horizontal collision with previously-positioned grobs. This
can lead to situations in which objects are placed very close to each
-other horizontally. Setting @code{outside-staff-horizontal-padding}
+other horizontally. The vertical spacing between staffs can
+also be set so that outside staff objects are interleaved.
+Setting @code{outside-staff-horizontal-padding}
causes an object to be offset vertically so that such a situation
doesn't occur.
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,relative=2,fragment,verbatim]
% the markup is too close to the following note
-c2^"Text"
+c4^"Text"
+c4
c''2
% setting outside-staff-horizontal-padding fixes this
R1
\once \override TextScript #'outside-staff-horizontal-padding = #1
-c,,2^"Text"
+c,,4^"Text"
+c4
c''2
@end lilypond
@rinternals{SpacingSpanner},
@rinternals{NoteSpacing},
@rinternals{StaffSpacing},
-@rinternals{SeparationItem}.
+@rinternals{NonMusicalPaperColumn}.
@knownissues
There is no convenient mechanism to manually override spacing. The
-following work-around may be used to insert extra space into a score.
+following work-around may be used to insert extra space into a score,
+adjusting the padding value as necessary.
@example
- \once \override Score.SeparationItem #'padding = #1
+ \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn #'padding = #10
@end example
No work-around exists for decreasing the amount of space.
}
@end lilypond
+
+@noindent
+All layout dimensions are displayed in staff-spaces, regardless
+of the units specified in the @code{\paper} or @code{\layout} block.
+In the above example, @code{paper-height} has a value of 59.75
+@code{staff-spaces}, and the @code{staff-size} is 20 points (the
+default value). Note that:
+
+@multitable {1 staff-space} {staff-size)/4 * (25.4/72.27) mm}
+
+@item 1 point
+@tab = (25.4/72.27) mm
+
+@item 1 staff-space
+@tab = (@code{staff-size})/4 pts
+@item
+@tab = (@code{staff-size})/4 * (25.4/72.27) mm
+
+@end multitable
+
@noindent
-All layout dimensions are displayed in staff spaces, regardless of
-the units specified in the @code{\paper} or @code{\layout} block.
-For example, @code{paper-height} has a value of 59.75 staff
-spaces, using the default staff size of 20 points, which is
-equivalent to 148 millimeters, the height of @code{a6} paper in
-landscape orientation. The pairs (@var{a},@var{b}) are intervals,
-where @var{a} is the lower edge and @var{b} the upper edge of the
-interval.
+In this case, one @code{staff-space} is approximately equal to
+1.757mm. Thus the @code{paper-height} measurement of 59.75
+@code{staff-spaces} is equivalent to 105 millimeters, the height
+of @code{a6} paper in landscape orientation. The pairs
+(@var{a},@var{b}) are intervals, where @var{a} is the lower
+edge and @var{b} the upper edge of the interval.
@seealso
+@ref{Setting the staff size}
Snippets:
@rlsr{Spacing}.
@end example
@item
-Force the number of systems. For example, if the default layout
-has 11 systems, the following assignment will force a layout with
-10 systems.
+Force the number of systems. This can help in two ways. Just
+setting a value, even the same value as the number of systems
+being typeset by default, will sometimes cause more systems to
+be fitted onto each page, as an estimation step is then bypassed,
+giving a more accurate fit to each page. Also, forcing an actual
+reduction in the number of systems may save a further page. For
+example, if the default layout has 11 systems, the following
+assignment will force a layout with 10 systems.
@example
\paper @{