Re: I still don't understand the backend

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > SpacingSpanner - but I still don't understand HOW to do it.
> > How do I find out where I find that SpacingSpanner - is it part of the
> > score, of the staff, of what?
> 
> All properties are inherited in the context hierarchy, 
> which means that you are always on the safe side if you
> set the property on the Score level (unless you want
> different layout on different staffs, for example). 
> For this particular example, the SpacingSpanner is created
> by the Spacing_engraver which is included in the Score
> context:
> 
> \property Score.SpacingSpanner \override #'arithmetic_basicspace = 4.0

Actuall, this won't work for similar reasons that overriding
staffsymbol doesn't work: \override has to happen before the darn
thing is created. Do

\paper { \translator {
       \ScoreContext
       SpacingSpanner \override #'arithmetic-basicspace = #4.0
}


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