On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 12:51 +1100, Nick Payne wrote: > On 15/12/09 10:56, Joe Neeman wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 08:01 +1100, Nick Payne wrote: > > > >> How is vertical spacing between staves controlled now in 2.13.x? In > >> s.4.4.1 and s.4.4.2 the NR for 2.13.9 still talks about using \override > >> Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent and between-system-padding in > >> the \paper section, but neither of these now appear to do anything. > >> > > Thanks for the reminder; I still need to rewrite these sections. > > Vertical spacing has changed significantly since 2.13.3ish and there are > > a lot of new knobs to tweak. The new variables are documented in the > > internals reference and in section 4.1.2 of the notation reference. > > > > You can also find more information about the changes in the list > > archives. For example, search for the subject "Dead lyrics context still > > occupies vertical space" in the lily-devel archives. > > > If i try the following: > > \version "2.13.9" > > notes = \relative c' { > \repeat unfold 100 { c4 } > } > > \score { > \notes > \layout { > \context { > \Staff > \override VerticalAxisGroup #'next-staff-spacing = > #'((space . 20) (padding . 15) (stretchability . 12) (minimum-distance . > 12)) > } > } > } > > regardless of the values I put in the alist, the spacing between staves > doesn't change. What am I doing wrong here?
VerticalAxisGroup #'next-staff-spacing controls the spacing between two staves in the same system. For spacing between systems, use the between-system-spacing variable in the \paper block. Joe _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user