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If you want to see exactly what amount of space takes your system, you can display it by overriding the <code>stencil</code> property in the <code>System</code> context: as you can see here, the system size is determined by including every postscript element such as slurs or key symbol.
If you want to see exactly what amount of space takes your system, you can display it by overriding the <code>stencil</code> property in the <code>System</code> context: as you can see here, the system size is determined by including every postscript element such as slurs or key symbol.


<lilypond version="2.24.0">
<lilypond version="2.24">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=257
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=257



Revision as of 18:56, 16 November 2025

If you want to see exactly what amount of space takes your system, you can display it by overriding the stencil property in the System context: as you can see here, the system size is determined by including every postscript element such as slurs or key symbol.

\version "2.24"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=257

%%%
\layout { 
  \context {
    \Score
    \override System.stencil = #box-grob-stencil
  }
}

{
  \slurDown c4 ( g4  c''4)
}