Re: Staff.VerticalExtent in lilypond 2.4.0?

[Cameron Horsburgh]

Dominik Baenninger wrote:

> In earlier versions of lilypond (e.g. 2.2.6) I reduced the space between
> the staffs with
>
> \score {
>    << \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-1 . 1 )
>       \set Staff.VerticalExtent = #'(-1 . 1 )
>       \hornOneNotes>>}
>
> > From the manual of 2.4.0 I learned that Staff.VerticalExtent does not
> exist anymore. In which way can I reduce spaces between staffs? If I use
>
> score {
>    << \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-1 . 1 )
>       \hornOneNotes>>}
>
> As the manual says, then I can only increase but not decreas the space
> between the staffs.
>
> Has anyone an idea?
>
> Dominik

I too have had this problem. Does anyone have any ideas how to reduce 
the space between staves? I have a piece where about five of the parts 
have a single orphan staff on page two, but this command doesn't seem to 
fix the problem.

Thanks for your help,

Cameron