On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 6:57 AM Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 5:13 AM Ivanov Dmitry <usr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ok, I was able to adjust the variables to produce something I want. > > Can you explain: > > > > 1. The doc says: "the vertical distance, measured in staff-spaces" - > > what is staff space as a unit of measurement? > > > > 2. A lot of space appears if there is no markup between the blocks. Is > > it possible to suppress it? > > Try adding this to your paper block: > > score-system-spacing.stretchability = #0
I forgot to add that a lot of your spacing settings don't make sense. For instance: %%% system-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 2) (minimum-distance . 5) (padding . 5) (stretchability . 1)) %%% >From the documentation: "Values for basic-distance that are less than either padding or minimum-distance are not meaningful, since the resulting distance will never be less than either padding or minimum-distance." For nice, hard spacing that doesn't stretch, try something like this: %%% \paper { tagline = "" indent = 4\cm markup-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 5) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) score-markup-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 10) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) system-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 10) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) score-system-spacing.stretchability = #0 print-page-number = ##f #(include-special-characters) } %%% -- Knute Snortum