break-aligned-interface

Items that are aligned in prefatory matter.

The spacing of these items is controlled by the space-alist property. It contains a list break-align-symbols with a specification of the associated space. The space specification can be

(minimum-space . spc))

Pad space until the distance is spc

(fixed-space . spc)

Set a fixed space

(semi-fixed-space . spc)

Set a space. Half of it is fixed and half is stretchable. (does not work at start of line. fixme)

(extra-space . spc)

Add spc amount of space.

Special keys for the alist are first-note and next-note, signifying the first note on a line, and the next note halfway a line.

Rules for this spacing are much more complicated than this. See [Wanske] page 126 - 134, [Ross] pg 143 - 147

User settable properties:

break-align-symbol (symbol)

This key is used for aligning and spacing breakable items.

space-alist (list)

A table that specifies distances between prefatory items, like clef and time-signature. The format is an alist of spacing tuples: (break-align-symbol type . distance), where type can be the symbols minimum-space or extra-space.

This grob interface is used in the following graphical objects: Ambitus, BarLine, BarNumber, BreakAlignGroup, BreathingSign, Clef, Custos, DoublePercentRepeat, InstrumentName, KeySignature, LeftEdge, TimeSignature and VocalName

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