Re: Extra space at the beginning of the bar

[Patrick Karl]

> On Mar 25, 2018, at 2:56 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 22:57:18 -0400
> From: Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>
> To: paolo prete <address@hidden>
> Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Extra space at the beginning of the bar
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> Hi Paolo,
> 
>> Is there a way to add extra space at the beginning of a bar without 
>> overriding the X-offset of the starting notes/rests/chords?
>> { .... how to add space here? .....     c' c' c' c' }
> 
> Here are two options that avoid X-offset:
> 
> \version "2.19.80"
> \language "english"
> 
> \score {
>  \repeat unfold 12 { c'4 }
>  \layout {
>    \context {
>      \Score
>      \override BarLine.space-alist.first-note = #'(fixed-space . 12)
>      \override BarLine.space-alist.next-note = #'(semi-fixed-space . 12.5)
>    }
>  }
> }

I don’t understand your first method.  Why doesn’t the first measure have any 
extra space?  To me, the score looks identical whether I include your first 
override or not; it doesn’t seem to do anything.  It must be because there’s 
not a bar line before the first measure.  I tried changing the “music” to:  { 
\bar “” \repeat unfold 12 { c’4 } }, but that didn’t change anything.

Just curious what’s going on here.
> 
> { \tweak NoteHead.extra-spacing-width #'(-12 . 0) c'4 4 4 4 }
>