Hi James, 2008/5/31 James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think the forced-distance might be a bug, everything else in the > align-interface between the two branches (2.10 and 2.11) are the same, just > the user-settable forced-distance is missing :(
AFAIK, the forced-distance property was a hack to get cross-staff beaming working in a PianoStaff. Since the spacing engine was rewritten for 2.11, it's no longer required. If you want fixed distance in 2.11 you'll need to use the line-break-system-details property and its sub-property alignment-offsets, which together will determine the relative positions of staves and spanners. In the case of the centred dynamics template there are four elements which need aligning, viz. the two staves, the dynamics spanner and the pedal spanner, so an override like the following should work: \context { \Score \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-system-details = #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -6 -12 -18))) } A word of warning: since the dynamics spanner is inserted between the staves, it's responsible for keeping them apart, so you must have dynamics present in at least one bar per system for the forced spacing to work. You might like to check Trevor Bača's reply here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-09/msg00239.html), which explains how it works in a bit more detail (and shows you how to use the override on the fly). Regards, Neil
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