Re: Finishing touches on hymn, lyrics spacing

[Jim Long]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 06:03:26PM +0000, Ian Barclay wrote:
> I would like to a) reduce the spacing between stanzas so they
> are closer to each other

Here is my own \context { \Lyrics ... } section that I use.
Tweak the values to suit your taste.

Regarding the VerticalAxisGroup settings, my understanding is 
that in a Lyrics context:

The "nonstaff-relatedstaff" refers to the spacing of the Lyrics
(non-staff) to the melody they belong to (related staff).

The nonstaff-nonstaff spacing refers to the spacing between
stanzas, two consecutive non-staff contexts.  This is most
directly related to item a) of your request.

    \context {
      \Lyrics
        \override LyricText.font-size = #1
        \override LyricText.font-name = #"My Favorite Font"
        \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
          #'(
            ( basic-distance . 1.0 )
            ( minimum-distance . 0.0 )
            ( padding . 0.5 )
          )
        \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing =
          #'(
            ( basic-distance . 0.0 )
            ( minimum-distance . 0.0 )
            ( padding . 0.5 )
          )
    } % context