[Lilypond-auto] Issue 3175 in lilypond: [DOC] Notation Reference 1.6.2 Modifying single staves - customizing staff positions

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New issue 3175 by address@hidden: [DOC] Notation Reference 1.6.2  
Modifying single staves - customizing staff positions
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3175

Reported by Paul Morris:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2013-02/msg00046.html

Here is a suggested revision for the docs, Notation Reference 1.6.2
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves

It adds a sentence about how to preserve the usual stem directions when
customizing the staff.

CURRENT TEXT:

The position of each the staff lines can also be altered. The values used  
are
half staff line spaces and the new position is relative to the normal center
line. A single staff line is printed for every value entered so that the  
number
of staff lines, as well as their position in the staff, can be changed with  
a
single override.

[Example]

The clef position and the position of middle C may need to be adjusted
accordingly to fit the new lines. See Clef.



SUGGESTED REVISION:

The position of each staff line can also be altered. A list of numbers sets
each line's position. 0 corresponds to the normal center line, and the  
normal
line positions are (-4 -2 0 2 4). A single staff line is printed for every
value entered so that the number of staff lines, as well as their position,  
can
be changed with a single override.

[Example]

To preserve typical stem directions (in the bottom half of the staff stems
point up, in the top half they point down), align the center line (or  
space) of
the customized staff with the position of the normal center line (0).  The  
clef
position and the position of middle C may need to be adjusted accordingly to
fit the new lines. See Clef.