small staff massacre

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> I've seldom seen so many bugs in a single example :-)
> 

:)

thanks for the report.


> % This file shows problems with staves having different sizes in lilypond
> % CVS 2004-01-21 07:19 MET.
> %
> % . There should be a mechanism to give the staff size in a \with {...}
> %   block with a single command, covering all parameters.  Perhaps a
> %   new `set-staff-size' scheme function?

Possibly - I don't consider this high priority. 

> % . Current documentation says that changing the `fontSize' and
> %   `StaffSymbol' properties is sufficient.  Unfortunately, it is not:
> %
> %   1. Note positions in chords are not computed correctly.  There seems
> %      to be a problem to decide which is `up' and which is `down'.

Strange, cannot duplicate.

> %   2. ledger lines are not reduced in size.

Fixed.

> %   3. The parameters to `extra-offset' aren't scaled properly.

This is intentional. Extra-offset is a global mechanism that is
supposed to work for arbitrary objects.

We could change this, though. 

> %   4. Rests under beams have incorrect offsets; this may be a consequence
> %      of bug 3.  [The vertical position of the rest in the normally sized
> %      staff is incorrect also -- it is too high and should be put as near
> %      to the original position as possible.]

fixed.

> %   5. Stems under beams are too short.  Another consequence of 3.?

Hmm. have to look into this.

> %   7. Dynamics are too big.

fixed

> %   8. The crescendo gap is too big.

fixed.

> %   9. Tuplet brackets are too big.

fixed.

> %  10. I'm not sure whether the thickness of staff lines really should be
> %      the same in both the bigger and the smaller staff.  Thicker than
> %      normal is correct, but that thick?  The problem is that the
> %      thickness of beams must be smaller; this reduces the contrast
> %      between beams and staff lines.

Check out a good quality pocket score. They have  the same line thickness
for small staffs. For my baerenreiter Brahm serenade no 1, the
thickness indeed is 1/5th of staffspace.

> %  11. A similar problem for stems.  The stem thickness is too big IMHO
> %      compared to note heads.

fixed.
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