On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 04:03:26PM -0400, James Lowe wrote: > Vicente, > > On 20/09/2010 19:30, Vicente Solsona wrote: > > if you are getting an extra page just because the \f in the example (and > > this happens often), using extra-offset won't decrease the vertical spacing > > and you will keep getting that extra page. the spacing engine still counts > > the extra space taken by the \f as it was before the tweak, and the next > > system will be placed exactly at the same position, not closer (at least in > > 2.12 it surely does). > > Yes you are correct - I did a few tests of my own that verify this. > > I understand the reason why this example is not correct in this context.
Thanks Vicente and James; excellent exchange. IIRC there's properties like V-offset and H-offset, which *are* taken into account by the spacing engine. Vicente: could you look into this? James: once he gets back to you, make a patch (but you knew that already :). Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
