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+#ifndef COLS_HH
+#define COLS_HH
+
+#include "glob.hh"
+#include "boxes.hh"
+#include "plist.hh"
+#include "item.hh"
+
+/// stuff grouped vertically.
+struct PCol {
+    List<const Item*> its;
+    List<const Spanner*> stoppers, starters;
+    
+    /// Can this be broken? true eg. for bars. 
+    bool breakable()const;
+
+    /// does this column have items, does it have spacings attached?
+    bool used;
+
+    /// prebreak is put before end of line.
+    PCol *prebreak;
+    /**
+    if broken here, then (*this) column is discarded, and prebreak
+    is put at end of line, owned by Col
+    */
+
+    /// postbreak at beginning of the new line
+    PCol *postbreak;
+    /**  \See{prebreak}
+    */
+    PCol *daddy;
+    /*
+    if this column is pre or postbreak, then this field points to the parent.
+    */
+    /// if lines are broken then this column is in #line#
+    const Line_of_score *line;
+
+    /// if lines are broken then this column x-coord #hpos#
+    Real hpos;
+
+
+    /****************************************************************/
+
+    void add(Item*i);
+
+    Interval width() const;
+    ~PCol();
+    PCol(PCol * parent);
+
+    /// which col comes first?
+    static int compare(const PCol &c1, const PCol &c2);
+    /**
+    signed compare on columns.
+
+    return < 0 if c1 < c2.
+    */
+
+    void OK() const;
+    void set_breakable();
+    void print()const;
+};
+/**
+    This is a class to address items vertically. It contains the data for:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item
+    unbroken score
+    \item
+    broken score
+    \item
+    the linespacing problem
+    \end{itemize}
+  */
+
+#include "compare.hh"
+instantiate_compare(const PCol &, PCol::compare);
+     
+
+/// ideal spacing between two columns
+struct Idealspacing {
+
+    /// the ideal distance
+    Real space;
+
+    /// Hooke's constant: how strong are the "springs" attached to columns
+    Real hooke;
+
+    /// the two columns
+    const PCol *left, *right;
+    
+    void print()const;
+    void OK() const ;
+    Idealspacing(const PCol *left,const PCol *right);    
+};
+
+#endif