2018-06-07 20:15 GMT+02:00 dfro <d...@umich.edu>: > It seems like Verses2, 3, and 4 are looking down when using the padding > variable. How can I get them to look up to the verses and staff above? The > command - \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #UP - does not change > the looking down behavior for the padding variable.
As a general rule: all vertical spacing is done looking down. For something like staff1 lyrics1 lyrics2 lyrics3 lyics4 staff2 looking down for spacing is sufficient, isn't it? There is one exception (more for conveniance, I believe): Under certain conditions `nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing' looks up. Read NR about it. I know you did already, but spacing is very complicated, I still read it my self again and again. Sometimes I think we made it too complex. Ok, withdraw "sometimes"... Anyway, in the following example I do have full control about any spacing, I believe. lst = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 10) (stretchability . 0)) \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff { c''1 } \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing = \lst \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing = \lst } \lyricmode { "lyr1" } \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing = \lst } \lyricmode { "lyr2" } \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing = \lst } \lyricmode { "lyr3" } \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-unrelatedstaff-spacing = \lst } \lyricmode { "lyr4" } \new Staff { c''1 } >> Cheers, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user