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

[Geoff Horton]

On 3/16/06, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Yes, look at the example called "lyric-hyphen-retain.ly" in the
> Regression tests document.

Thank you! This does work:

\layout {
    \context {
      \Lyrics
      \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6
    }
  }


Might I suggest using this (or a parallel method) in the manual rather
than the global padding option?

I'm also concerned that 0 is the default value for this, as seems to
be the case. It seems to me to place an unnecessary obstacle between a
relative newbie and a good-looking score. Is there some reason why the
default value shouldn't be set higher?

Geoff