Re: position of MultiMeasureRestNumber and width of MMR

[Paul Scott]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
>  
>
> > With 2.1.21 (Debian unstable)
> >
> > 1. There now seems to be a minimum value for MultiMeasureRestNumber 
> > padding.  I used to be able (2.1.14) to set the number right on the top 
> > staff line with a padding value of zero.  Now I can't figure out how to 
> > do that or at least get the number closer to the staff.
> >    
>
> try tuning down staff-padding (which is
> described in 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond-internals/All-backend-properties.html#All%20backend%20properties)
>
>  
>
> > In the attached example the number takes more horizontal than
> >    
>
> ? 
>
>  
Oops.

That's really strange.  I tried both staff-padding (I finally found it 
in the manual) and minimum-length and got very broken (notes gone) 
results.  Now when I try it staff-padding works great *but* 
minimum-length doesn't help the width of the MMR.

Thanks,

Paul

\score {
    <<
        \property Score.skipBars = ##t
        \property Score.MultiMeasureRestNumber \override #'padding = #0
        \property Score.MultiMeasureRestNumber \override #'staff-padding = #0
        \property Score.MultiMeasureRestNumber \set #'minimum-length = #30
        \property Score.TextScript \override #'padding = #3
        \context Staff = flute \notes{ 
            << { s1*40^\markup{ Test } } { R1*40 } >> a'1 b' c'' d''} 
    >>
    \paper {}
}