Greetings, Phil -
Looks like you're trying too hard. The following compiled nicely:
\new Staff \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #'1.5
{ c'' c'' c''
c'' }
Notice : 1) no added {} ; and 2) no "\with". I just used "\override
StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #1.5
Ralph
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Phil Holmes <em...@philholmes.net> wrote:
> In the PDF documentation for 2.12.3 and the online documentation for
> 2.13.16 it gives the syntax for reducing staff spacing as:
>
> \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #1.5
>
> If I use this syntax, I get an error:
>
> error: syntax error, unexpected '{'
> \new Staff \with {\override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #'1.5}
> { c'' c'' c''
> c'' }
>
>
> If I use a syntax with parentheses (guessed by trial and error):
>
> \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #'( . 1.5)
>
> I compiles and runs successfully.
>
> Code snippets are available if required.
>
> Is this a bug in the documentation?
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
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