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Re: changing staff-size throughout a score
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Thomas Morley |
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Re: changing staff-size throughout a score |
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Thu, 8 Sep 2016 01:16:49 +0200 |
2016-09-08 0:59 GMT+02:00 Trevor Daniels <address@hidden>:
> Hi Urs
>
> I think \magnifyStaff would do this. See
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/setting-the-staff-size
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
> To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 11:40 PM
> Subject: changing staff-size throughout a score
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is it possible to change the size of the StaffSymbol along the way
>> through a score? My impression is that
>>
>> \override Score.StaffSymbol.staff-space
>>
>> has an effect only when applied in a \with block or at the very first
>> start of a Staff.
>>
>> However, I don't see a reason for that behaviour. Can't the size of each
>> system through a score be different?
>>
>> The use case for this request is the common practice to engrave
>> individual pages of a score at smaller staff size when it is too crowded.
>>
>> If that's not possible with current LilyPond tools, is it conceivable to
>> implement it newly? I imagine a behaviour that is analogous to other
>> overrides: affect the next instance of the grob.
>>
>> (like
>>
>> c8 [ d \override Beam.color = #red e f ]
>>
>> will affect the *next* beam).
>>
>> So
>>
>> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.staff-space
>>
>> could take effect starting with the next starting system.
>>
>> I'd be happy about any working solution or an estimate how complicated
>> this would be to add to LilyPond. I'm sure this would be a very useful
>> addition.
>>
>> Best
>> Urs
Not sufficiently, see the output of:
{
r1
\key cis \major
\clef alto
\time 2/2
\stopStaff
\break
\magnifyStaff #(magstep -3)
\startStaff
r1
}
Cheers,
Harm
- changing staff-size throughout a score, Urs Liska, 2016/09/07
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Michael Rivers, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Kieren MacMillan, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Urs Liska, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Kieren MacMillan, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Urs Liska, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Kieren MacMillan, 2016/09/08
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Michael Rivers, 2016/09/09
- Re: changing staff-size throughout a score, Kieren MacMillan, 2016/09/09