Re: Vertical Spacing

[Walter Hofmeister]

Hi Xavier,
        That was kind of my point. I had looked at that page in the manual and 
several others, but there is no example of the syntax that Francisco has 
provided. The example that is quoted there is as follows:

Example:

\paper {
 paper-width = 2\cm
 top-margin = 3\cm
 bottom-margin = 3\cm
 ragged-last-bottom = ##t
}

This snippet is the most extensive one there and it suggests a syntax that is  
like the example that I provided. By the way this is the way it has been done 
in previous versions and I for one thought this was a very user friendly way of 
doing it. I tried the line that Francisco provided and it had no effect here. 
Am I the only one this isn't working for? Thanks for your suggestions and I 
apologize to the list members if some of this sounds like it is blaming them 
for my frustration. I have been playing around with this for about a month with 
no avail. I know that I should have asked sooner. Anyway thanks for any help 
that you can provide.

Walter Hofmeister


On 2010-04-22, at 5:31 PM, Xavier Scheuer wrote:

> 2010/4/23 Walter Hofmeister <address@hidden>:
>> Hi,
>>        I have been trying to get a handle on vertical spacing for
>> a while now with no luck. Everything that I have tried since about
>> 2.11 has not worked at all. Here is a sample of a test that I have
>> made up:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? I have checked the
>> archives and have found that this question is coming up but there
>> have not been any explanations as to how the new spacing now works.
>> The docs seem to be very much like the docs have always been in this
>> section but I think that I am trying to do what they are suggesting
>> but nothing seems to work. Any help in this regard would be much
>> appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Vertical spacing syntax has changed for 2.13.
> Please check 2.13 version of the doc:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/vertical-spacing#Vertical-spacing
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/page-formatting#Vertical-dimensions
> (second one explain better the new syntax).
> 
> See also the answer I gave here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-02/msg00393.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Xavier
> 
> --
> Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>