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Re: StaffGrouper vs. VerticalAxisGroup: syntax inconsistencies
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Joe Neeman |
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Re: StaffGrouper vs. VerticalAxisGroup: syntax inconsistencies |
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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:45:54 +1100 |
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 06:35 +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Folks,
>
>
> why can I say
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> \new PianoStaff \with {
> \override StaffGrouper
> #'between-staff-spacing #'minimum-distance = #20
> } ...
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> but not
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> \new Staff \with {
> \override VerticalAxisGroup
> #'next-staff-spacing #'minimum-distance = #20
> } ...
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> ?
Because next-staff-spacing defaults to a callback rather than to an
alist. IWBN if one could use the nested property syntax for overriding
callbacks but it isn't quite trivial to implement, as far as I can see.
Joe