On 10/2/10 10:50 PM, "Joe Neeman" <joenee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:08 PM, <carl.d.soren...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2010/10/03 02:49:30, Mark Polesky wrote: >>> On 2010/10/02 16:32:06, Carl wrote: >> >> I don't think so. I think 'padding is added as a rigid space interval, >> hence my saying that it is added to the layout item above. >> >> 'space should begin below 'padding IIUC. > > The attachment point of 'space doesn't depend on 'padding (or > 'minimum-distance). If you think in terms of springs, the beginning of one > spring is always glued to the end of the previous one. 'padding and > 'minimum-distance are only useful in determining the minimum lengths of the > springs. >
What is the difference between 'padding and 'minimum-distance, then? > >> Maybe. It may be that the most natural reference points aren't easily >> available. > > The springs are always attached to the (0, 0) coordinate relative to each > staff or markup. That is, each staff or markup draws itself and returns some > stencil. The spacing code just attaches to the (0, 0) coordinate of that > stencil. For staves, it's the middle staff line (unless you fiddle with > line-positions). For markups, it used to be the baseline (I think). As long as > the various drawing routines can be altered so that the stencil is drawn > relative to its "most natural" reference point, then the spacing code will > handle it. > >> I think we should document what we have, and make enhancement requests >> for what we would *like* to have. I don't think the exercise of "write >> the documents for what we wish we had and then change the code to match" >> is the best way to proceed. But if Joe's ok with it, then my opinion is >> irrelevant. > > I don't have a strong opinion on this point. If you want to document the > desired behaviour and add a critical issue, I'll probably be able to fix it in > a reasonable time frame. Great! Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
