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Subject:    Re: Troubles with StaffGrouper
From:       Ben Bradshaw <bleeding.flame () gmail ! com>
Date:       2024-03-20 16:35:04
Message-ID: CAGXnS1KC5x1ShbnCvdc0OvVy2PiDfkQV1Bykh2TZQOekX=FKBg () mail ! gmail ! com
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Ah wonderful thanks! So basically what was happening is that a global
VericalAxisGroup will override the StaffGrouper, and so I needed to only
locally change the VerticalAxisGroup. Then the StaffGrouper actually worked!

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM Xavier Scheuer <x.scheuer@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 04:48, Ben Bradshaw <bleeding.flame@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I think I must not be understanding how the StaffGrouper works. I'm
> doing a score with instrument and piano accompaniment, and have the piano
> music in a PianoStaff. I'm trying to get more space between the solo staff
> and the piano staff. This is what I tried...
> >
> > \layout{
> > \context {
> > \Score
> > \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing.minimum-distance = #14
> > \override StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.minimum-distance = #6
> > }
> >
> > But it seems the StaffGrouper spacing isn't applied, and what I get is
> big space between all three lines. I thought that the StaffGrouper was
> supposed to override settings in the VerticalAxisGroup, but maybe I have to
> do it a different way? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Hello,
>
> Well, apparently that's the case if you don't change the default values of
> VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing (maybe that's a bug).
> In your case I would change the value of
> VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing for the staff above the PianoStaff.
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff \with {
>       \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance
> . 12)
>         (minimum-distance . 11)
>         (padding . 1))
>     } { c'1 }
>     \new PianoStaff <<
>       \new Staff { c'1 }
>       \new Staff { c'1 }
>     >>
>   >>
> }
>
> Kind regards,
> Xavier
>
>

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<div dir="ltr">Ah wonderful thanks! So basically what was happening is that a global \
VericalAxisGroup will override the StaffGrouper, and so I needed to only locally \
change the VerticalAxisGroup. Then the StaffGrouper actually worked!</div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at \
1:38 AM Xavier Scheuer &lt;<a \
href="mailto:x.scheuer@gmail.com">x.scheuer@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, \
20 Mar 2024 at 04:48, Ben Bradshaw &lt;<a href="mailto:bleeding.flame@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">bleeding.flame@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; \
Hello,<br>&gt; I think I must not be understanding how the StaffGrouper works. \
I&#39;m doing a score with instrument and piano accompaniment, and have the piano \
music in a PianoStaff. I&#39;m trying to get more space between the solo staff and \
the piano staff. This is what I tried...<br>&gt;<br>&gt; \layout{<br>&gt; \context \
{<br>&gt; \Score<br>&gt; \override \
VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing.minimum-distance = #14<br>&gt; \override \
StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.minimum-distance = #6<br>&gt; }<br>&gt;<br>&gt; But \
it seems the StaffGrouper spacing isn&#39;t applied, and what I get is big space \
between all three lines. I thought that the StaffGrouper was supposed to override \
settings in the VerticalAxisGroup, but maybe I have to do it a different way? Any \
help would be greatly \
appreciated.<br><div><br></div><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Well, apparently \
that&#39;s the case if you don&#39;t change the default values of  \
VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing (maybe that&#39;s a bug).</div><div>In your \
case I would change the value of  VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing for the staff \
above the PianoStaff.</div><div><br></div><div>\score {<br>   &lt;&lt;<br>      \new \
Staff \with {<br>         \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = \
#&#39;((basic-distance . 12)<br>            (minimum-distance . 11)<br>            \
(padding . 1))<br>      } { c&#39;1 }<br>      \new PianoStaff &lt;&lt;<br>         \
\new Staff { c&#39;1 }<br>         \new Staff { c&#39;1 }<br>      &gt;&gt;<br>   \
&gt;&gt;<br>}</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Xavier</div><div><br>

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