Re: Compound time

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Gilles wrote:
> > [Please refer to the attached image.]
> >
> > 4. The space on the right side of the plus seems too wide.
> >
> > 5. The first note seems too close to the time signature.
>
>
> Lacking any response (-confirmed/existing/solved in newer version/not- bug),
> I extended the "hack" for compound time:
>
> #(define (compound-time grob one two three four)
>   (interpret-markup
>    (ly:grob-layout grob)
>    '(((baseline-skip . 2)
>       (word-space . 2)
>       (font-family . number)))
>    (markup
>     #:line
>     (#:column (one two)
>     #:lower 1 "+"
>     #:hspace -2.4 #:column (three four)
>     " "))))
>
> which makes it even uglier (see the negative "hspace" and the added
> blank space), and still it will only work for default font size.
>   

You need to use the defaults for the text font,
try calling

   ly:grob-alist-chain


with the 'text-font-defaults from the layout returned by (ly:grob-layout 
grob)

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