Re: spacing between staves

[Marc Hohl]

Am 07.02.2011 12:42, schrieb Xavier Scheuer:
> On 7 February 2011 11:12, Marc Hohl<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > after reading the manual and the archives, I have to admit that I am
> > probably too stupid for the new spacing system.
> >
> > I have the following song template and I want the staves to be further apart
> > so they fill about 2/3 of the entire page.
> >
> > I fiddled around with ridiculously high values for padding, basic-distance
> > and minimum-distance,
> > but the staves don't move.
> > Most probably, I overlooked something or misunderstood the manuals
> > completely.
> > Any hints would be highly apprechiated.
> >
> > [...]
> You have only one staff here (in your system)!
>
> I think what you want is to increase the space between _systems_.
Ah, that's the crucial point!
> Have a look at NR 4.1.4 Flexible vertical spacing \paper variables
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-_005cpaper-variables.html
I looked at this, but somehow got lost between the difference between 
staves and systems.
I'll re-read this chapter.
> \paper {
>    system-system-spacing =
>      #'((basic-distance . 16)
>         (minimum-distance . 12)
>         (padding . 1)
>         (stretchability . 60))
> }
Yes! that's it  - thank you!

Marc
> Cheers,
> Xavier