Re: lyric spacing : "why not follow instructions in manual"

[Father Panteleimon]

Thank you very much, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
See anything wrong with the file below? I'm using 2.7.36
Also, (I realized after I wrote the post in question) this will add padding 
to *every word. While that's better than adding padding to every note, it's 
not quite as good as slightly increasing the minimum permissible space 
between words. Any ideas in that direction would be appreciated.
Fr. P

\score{\relative c' {\set Score.timing = ##f \key g \major \autoBeamOff 
\clef "G_8"
    a2 a8 a a g a4.( b8 c4 b) a a g8[( a)] b4( a g) a( b c2) \fermata \bar 
"||" }

   \addlyrics {  How shall we sing the Lord's __ song in a __ strange __ 
land. __ }
\layout { ragged-last = ##t  \context { \Staff \remove 
"Time_signature_engraver" \remove "Bar_number_engraver" }
 \context { \Lyrics \override SeparationItem #'padding = #10.}
}
}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Horton" <address@hidden>
To: "Father Panteleimon" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: lyric spacing : "why not follow instructions in manual"


> PS. Could I simply replace
> \override Score.SeparationItem
> with
> \override Lyric.SeparationItem
> (or something) and put it with the lyrics?

You can add

   \context {
     \Lyrics
     \override SeparationItem #'padding = #10
   }

to your layout block, and it will affect the output. (Obviously 10 is
way too big, but I did that to be sure it's having an effect.)

Geoff