in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page.html#Vertical%20spacing%20inside%20a%20system you can read: Normally staves are stacked vertically. To make staves maintain a distance, their vertical size is padded. This is done with the property minimum-Y-extent. When applied to a Section “VerticalAxisGroup” in Internals Reference, it controls the size of a horizontal line, such as a staff or a line of lyrics. minimum-Y-extent takes a pair of numbers, so if you want to make it smaller than its default #'(-4 . 4) then you could set \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-3 . 3) This sets the vertical size of the current staff to 3 staff spaces on either side of the center staff line. The value (-3 . 3) is interpreted as an interval, where the center line is the 0, so the first number is generally negative. The numbers need not match; for example, the staff can be made larger at the bottom by setting it to (-6 . 4).
when i read this i was rather confused: - *it controls the size of a horizontal line* - i thought the topic was *vertical lines*! - *minimum-Y-extent takes a pair of numbers* - of course, but what does the 1st number stand for and whatfor is the 2nd? - *The value (-3 . 3) is interpreted as an interval, where the center line is the 0, so the first number is generally negative.* - yes, but why!? or is that a general rule?! - *the staff can be made larger at the bottom by setting it to (-6 . 4)* - because usually it is negative: if i choose a smaller number (-6) it gets larger! sorry if this sounds dismal, but after reading this i really did not know how to use the numbers! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/move-lyrics-closer-tp22964622p22980674.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
