Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-07 Thread Paul Morris
Chris Trahan wrote > I figured that the spacing had to go in the \paper section but I couldn't > figure out what parameters to adjust. The options for vertical spacing in LilyPond can be pretty overwhelming. Here's an invaluable visual guide that Abraham put together: http://lilypond.1069038.n5

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-07 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi All, 2014-11-07 8:52 GMT+01:00 Martin Tarenskeen : > You all know today it's allowed to use something like: > > system-system-spacing.padding = #20 > > It's in the docs, but doesn't seem to be common practice yet? > Right ; in my mind this syntax started with 2.19. Don't know why...

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-07 Thread David Nalesnik
Martin, On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: > >system-system-spacing #'padding = #20 >> > > You all know today it's allowed to use something like: > > system-system-spacing.padding = #20 > > It's in the docs

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-07 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Fri, 7 Nov 2014, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote:   system-system-spacing #'padding = #20 You all know today it's allowed to use something like: system-system-spacing.padding = #20 It's in the docs, but doesn't seem to be common practice yet? -- MT ___

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-06 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Chris, 2014-11-07 4:03 GMT+01:00 Chris Trahan : > Thanks to David Nalesnik and Jim Long for helping. > > I figured that the spacing had to go in the \paper section but I couldn't > figure out what parameters to adjust. > Actually David and Jim did give you the answer. Tu sum up: \version "

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-06 Thread Jim Long
There are probably several ways, but the way I do it is: Near the top, after your version statement, add a \paper block: \version "2.18.2" \paper { system-system-spacing #'padding = #2 } \new Staff Adjust the value 2 to a value of your liking. Another option is to let Lilypond auto-spa

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-06 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Chris, On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Chris Trahan wrote: > I'm new to Lilypond. > Welcome to the community! > I have a simple score that is short. It's a single staff score. I'm trying > to increase the spacing between staves but nothing I try is working. How > do I increase the space b