Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Crighton
2017-04-11 22:34 GMT+02:00 David Nalesnik : > Here's how you can determine the widths of measures. Note that I've > put everything on one line, so that the \once \override of the > NoteHead gives access to every column in the score. You can adjust > what alignment objects are used to gauge width

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14. April 2017 16:04:31 MESZ schrieb David Nalesnik : >On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Urs Liska wrote: >> >> >> Am 13.04.2017 um 16:48 schrieb David Nalesnik: >>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Urs Liska >wrote: Am 11.04.2017 um 21:04 schrieb tisimst: On Tu

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-14 Thread David Nalesnik
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 13.04.2017 um 16:48 schrieb David Nalesnik: >> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Urs Liska wrote: >>> >>> Am 11.04.2017 um 21:04 schrieb tisimst: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> >>

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-13 Thread Urs Liska
Am 13.04.2017 um 16:48 schrieb David Nalesnik: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Urs Liska wrote: >> >> Am 11.04.2017 um 21:04 schrieb tisimst: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Am 11.04.2017 um 20:46 schrieb Malte Meyn:

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-13 Thread David Nalesnik
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 11.04.2017 um 21:04 schrieb tisimst: > > > > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 11.04.2017 um 20:46 schrieb Malte Meyn: >> > >> > Am 11.04.2017 um 20:36 schrieb Urs Liska: >>

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread Urs Liska
atural measure widths)? Well, it *would*. But it would require *two* compilations, one iwth ragged-right to determine the widths and one without ragged-right to do the actual engraving. So, no, thanks, but it doesn't really help. Best Urs > > Best, > Abraham > > ------

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread Urs Liska
naturally. If then a >>> line break changes and I know the natural width of the measures I can >>> determine before compilation how many measures will fit on the *next* >>> system. >>> >> But spacing depends on the sorts of durations present -- the most >>

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 3:34 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Urs Liska wrote: >> >> >> Am 11.04.2017 um 20:46 schrieb Malte Meyn: >>> >>> Am 11.04.2017 um 20:36 schrieb Urs Liska: So, is there any moment in the compilation process where the natural, unstretc

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 11.04.2017 um 20:46 schrieb Malte Meyn: >> >> Am 11.04.2017 um 20:36 schrieb Urs Liska: >>> So, is there any moment in the compilation process where the natural, >>> unstretched length of a measure can be calculated? It doesn't have to be

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread tisimst
l fit on the *next* > system. > Does ragged-right = ##t not do what you want (at least in terms of displaying the natural measure widths)? Best, Abraham -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/natural-width-of-a-measure-tp202182p202185.html Sent from the

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread Urs Liska
Am 11.04.2017 um 20:46 schrieb Malte Meyn: > > Am 11.04.2017 um 20:36 schrieb Urs Liska: >> So, is there any moment in the compilation process where the natural, >> unstretched length of a measure can be calculated? It doesn't have to be >> an easily-read property and can involve calculation, but

Re: "natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 11.04.2017 um 20:36 schrieb Urs Liska: > So, is there any moment in the compilation process where the natural, > unstretched length of a measure can be calculated? It doesn't have to be > an easily-read property and can involve calculation, but actually the x > position of the barlines would b

"natural width" of a measure

2017-04-11 Thread Urs Liska
Hi, is there any chance to retrieve the "natural width" of a measure after typesetting but before the line is stretched to the full line width? This is a rather long-term question, but it would be terrific if - upon a compilation - I could retrieve a list of initial widths of each mea