GNU LilyPond

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paper-column-interface

Paper_columns form the top-most item parent. (The Paper_columns X parent is System, which is a spanner.)

Paper_columns form the units for the spacing engine. They are numbered, the first (leftmost) is column 0. Numbering happens before line-breaking, and columns are not renumbered after line breaking.

Since many columns go unused, you should only use the rank field to get ordering information. Two adjacent columns may have non-adjacent numbers.

Don't be confused by right-items: each spacing wish can also contain a number of items, with which a spacing constraint may be kept. It's a little baroque, but it might come in handy later on?

between-cols (pair):

Where to attach a loose column to Default value: (unset)

between-system-string (string):

string to dump between two systems. Useful for forcing pagebreaks. Default value: (unset)

bounded-by-me (list of grobs):

list of spanners that have this column as start/begin point. Only columns that have grobs or act as bounds are spaced. Default value: (unset)

shortest-playing-duration (moment):

duration of the shortest playing in that column. Default value: (unset)

shortest-starter-duration (moment):

duration of the shortest notes that starts exactly in this column. Default value: (unset)

when (moment):

when does this column happen?. Default value: (unset)

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