I went looking in the mail archive to see if I could find an answer to my question as I had not heard from anybody, only to discover that Mats had responded. For some reason it did not find its way to my in-box.
> Which LilyPond version? The vertical spacing handling has changed > significantly > in the latest development version 2.11, compared to earlier versions. > I'm currently running v2.10.23. > > You should be able to find several examples in the mailing list > archives. The basic ideas are described in the section on "Vertical > spacing inside a system". I went there per your suggestion and tried tweaking the minimum-y-extent but I was unable to make it any better. I eventually tried #'extra-offset on the lyrics. This solved half of the problem. I was able to move them close enough to the staff for my purposes but, of course, it did *not* change the spacing of the systems above and below the lyrics. -David > /Mats > > David Bobroff wrote: > > > I want to move some lyrics much closer to the staff. I also think I > need to decrease the space below them as well. I have not yet found the > right place in the docs. Could somebody point the way? > > -David > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > -- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
