Re: Object names for styling

[Paulo Matos]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:

> Le 31/01/2022 à 12:39, Paulo Matos a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am arranging some music and finding some issues with regards to
>> styling of objects.
>>
>> For example: http://lilybin.com/ydeys1/1
>>
>> How can I style the accidentals and the numbers in the TabStaff?
>
>
> Add overrides for the relevant grobs:
>
>   \override Accidental.color = \myGray
>   \override TabNoteHead.color = \myGray

Ah - grobs is the technical term I needed.
Where's the best place to find the available grobs that I can style?

>
>
>> Initially the ledger lines looked strange not to be styled in the same
>> color as the note head but it might make sense as they are not part of
>> the note, they are part of the staff. If I wanted however to style the
>> ledger lines (but not the whole staff), how could I achieve this?
>
>
> That one is much more complicated. You can find a workaround at
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user-fr/2021-06/msg00081.html
> but be aware that it has spacing issues: it will prevent
> ledgers lines from being shortened if colliding, so they
> will look as if merged in
>
> {
>   \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = 0.1
>   c
>   c
> }
>

heh, guess I will leave this one for now. :)

Thanks,

-- 
Paulo Matos