Basically, X-extent will define the X space dimension used by the clef. 1 is the height between two lines in a staff. Here, #'(-5 . 5) stays for 5 spaces on the left side of the clef and 5 spaces on the right side. Too much, of course; you'll have to find the right figures according to your score.
Cheers, Pierre Le lun. 1 juin 2020 à 08:10, Josiah Boothby <josi...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Well, now at least I know of a way to move it around, but I have no > idea what the pair of numbers for x-extent mean (and #'(-5 . 5) puts > the clef in an even stranger place). Looking through the documentation > only tells me that X-extent takes two numbers, but doesn't actually > inform me of what those numbers *do*. *headdesk* > > I'll tinker until I figure it out, but thanks for the pointer. > > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 10:53 PM Pierre Perol-Schneider > <pierre.schneider.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Josiah, > > > > Maybe try: > > > > \version "2.20.0" > > > > { > > \clef F \time 3/4 > > R2.*3 > > \clef G > > g4 r r g r r > > \once\override Staff.Clef.X-extent = #'(-5 . 5) > > \clef F > > } > > > > and properly set the extent. > > HTH. > > Cheers, > > Pierre > > > > Le lun. 1 juin 2020 à 07:32, Josiah Boothby <josi...@gmail.com> a écrit > : > >> > >> I'm struggling to increase the padding for a cautionary clef in a > >> slightly crowded line, since it's colliding with rests when there are > >> notes on other lines. Attached is an image of the score I'm working > >> with as I'm struggling to come up with a concise test snippet that > >> doesn't have other problems. Should I instead adjust the measure > >> width? I'm using 2.20.0. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Josiah > >