Thanks so much to Magnus with his suggestion of simply using packet-spacing (and ragged-right).
With a little experimentation, I also added: \override NoteHead.extra-spacing-width = #'(-0.5 . 0.5) This put's about one staff space between each note, which is typical for late mensural music (although it's now adjustable!). I also am using MensuralStaff and petrucci heads. I found that with this setup I needed to put the extra-spacing inside the voice because something (probably in MensuralStaff) was clobbering it when I put it at the top. This is a GREAT help in proofreading, so I'm really thankful. I actually talked with a part-time publisher who couldn't figur it out. I think this might be worth a snippet with both changes in because it's much more difficult to find both parts from the documentation which inevitable lead you to various blind alleys. And I think proofreading (mensural) is way easier - I put a semi-transparent window over the original and bingo! anything wrong just stands out. Again, thanks. I'm not sure how to put in a snippet so if anyone has any advice as to how to do it I'll put one in. Spence Hines Sent from Proton Mail Android -------- Original Message -------- On 8/5/25 12:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send lilypond-user mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of lilypond-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Completely non-proportional spacing? > (hinescom--commercial ordering etc) > 2. Re: Completely non-proportional spacing? (Magnus Svenson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:18:11 +0000 > From: hinescom--commercial ordering etc <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Completely non-proportional spacing? > Message-ID: > > <sQiwpX5oiK9xRVAQr2bZZSdpL6YA_axrri60JmautxsyiibMXbnj1KpXsilSrfzLC1N1fKGjrEFzwUqA3z6mFuXNvNp_0lTnmzX8GHrO4eo=@protonmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I'm working on a biggish project to put late mensural music into modern > notation. For proofreading, I first render it close to the original. > > It would be waaaaay easier to proofread if I could get proportional spacing > turned off so it would match the original, and I would put a semi-transparent > window over the original. I have studied this a lot and tried 10,000 ways but > have been unable to get non proportional spacing working. I've tried > uniform-spacing, changing min-distance, ragged right, etc, etc. It seems > pretty easy in theory, but so far I have been unable to make it work. > > Has anyone ever been able to get lilypond to produce non-proportional music > spacine? (this is, for proofreading, one line per score, manual breaks, > ragged right, no bar lines.) > > Any working ideas would be super welcome! > > Spencer Hines' > > > > > Sent from Proton Mail Android > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 03:13:27 +0000 (UTC) > From: Magnus Svenson <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Completely non-proportional spacing? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, try this: > %% > \version "2.25.21"\language "english" > \header { > tagline = ##f} > \paper { #(set-paper-size "letter")} > > > \score { { g'4 e' e'2 | f'4 d' d'2 | c'4 d' e' f' | g'4 g' g'2 | \break > g'4 e' e'2 | f'4 d' d'2 | c'4 e' g' g' | c'1 | > } \layout { ragged-right = ##t \context { \Score > \override SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##t } > \context { \Staff measureBarType = #'() } }} > %% > > > > | | Virus-free.www.avg.com | > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/attachments/20250805/50cd478c/attachment.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > ------------------------------ > > End of lilypond-user Digest, Vol 273, Issue 8 > ********************************************* >
