Wow, yeah, that did it. Thanks! -David
Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi, David: > >> 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. > > Worst case, you can move each and every staff manually. > > Define > > staffAdjust = > #(define-music-function (parser location adj) (pair?) > #{ > \overrideProperty #"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn" > #'line-break-system-details $adj > #}) > > and then, in your music, use > > \staffAdjust #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -8.5 -15 -25.5 -30.5 -37 > -45.5 -52 -64))) > > This is just an example from my own choral composition -- the nine > "staves" to which the numbers correspond are > soprano > soprano lyrics > alto > alto lyrics > tenor > tenor lyrics > bass > bass lyrics > piano reduction (two staves together in a PianoStaff) > > Hope this helps! > Kieren. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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