Thank you, Mats, The #(set-global-staff-size 18) works properly: it didn't work for me because I put it in the wrong place.
I tried the two pass vertical spacing, but still the staves float, even if the pages now have a better look. I think I really have to go through this: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning#Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning It still looks very obscure to me, but I'll study it thoroughly and if I need some more help I'll write again. Thanks again, Andrea Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > Jayaratna wrote: > >>Dear members, >> >>I am reading this forum since sometimes, as I am doing my first steps in >>Lilypond. >> >>I am making a score in which I have two systems of eight staves each per >>page (I managed to do that by setting page size to a3 and shrinking it to a4 >>on printing it: I guess it's not really proper, but I still have to figure >>out how to change staves and font size, but this is a different problem). >> >> > It should be easier to directly reduce the size of the typeset music > so that it fits on A4 paper, by adding a line like > #(set-global-staff-size 18) > at the top of your file (default size is 20), and/or using the first > option mentioned at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages#Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages > >>Lilypond keeps stretching and narrowing the space between staves, so that my >>systems are floating up and down on different pages. >> >>I found some explanations about this already here in the forum, but, as my >>english is not good enough and my knowledge of Lilypond is limited, I'd need >>some more help. >> >> > The first thing you should note, is that the spacing mechanisms > are very different in version 2.11 compared to version 2.10, so > many of the hints you find in the mailing list archives from the > last year are not relevant to your version of LilyPond (2.10). > > Otherwise, the relevant information for you can be found at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Vertical-spacing#Vertical-spacing > In short, LilyPond tries to be intelligent about the spacing. > > /Mats > >>Here is my score block: >> >>%*****************************Score*********************** >>\score { >> >> >> >> >> \new StaffGroup << >> \new GrandStaff >> << >> \new Staff { \flautoa} >> \new Staff { \flautob} >> >> >> \new GrandStaff >> << >> \new Staff { \Violinoa} >> \new Staff { \Violinob} >> >> >> \new Staff { \Viola} >> \new Staff { \Continuo} >> \new PianoStaff << \cembalo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> \layout{ >> \context { >> \Score >> \override BarNumber #'padding = #2 >> %#(layout-set-staff-size 8) >> } >> >> } >>%******************************************************** >> >>How do I get fixed spaces between staves in this code? >> >>I am running Lilypond 2.10.33. >> >>Thanks for your help, >>Andrea >> >> > > > -- > ============================================= > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > Signals, Sensors and Systems > Royal Institute of Technology > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe > ============================================= > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Layout-for-dummies-%28fixing-staves-distances-in-a-system%29-tp17765733p17793421.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
