2014-08-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> writes: > >> the docs ( >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/self_002dalignment_002dinterface >> ) say: >> " >> self-alignment-X (number) >> >> Specify alignment of an object. The value -1 means left aligned, 0 >> centered, and 1 right-aligned in X direction. Other numerical values may >> also be specified. >> " >> >> which doesn't give much clue as to what the units are... (if I'm looking >> at the right thing) > > The units are pretty well-defined. -1 means left-aligned, 1 means right > aligned. So moving the entire width of the object from left edge to > right edge implies a difference of 2. > > So the unit is half the object width.
However (in case you wondered) the unit of self-alignment-X in case of LyricTexts is half the difference between object's and notehead's witdths. best, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
