Re: vertical spacing

[Graham Percival]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:16:38 +0000
David Bobroff <address@hidden> wrote:
> >Have you looked here?
> >http://lilypond.org/stable/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Global-layou
> t.html
> >
> >Look at "vertical spacing" and "page layout" in particular, although you
> might
> >find "font size" interesting too.
> 
> I have looked at this section of the docs but I don't know where to place:
> 
> \property Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-4 . 4) (or whatever values I
> need).

Put that line inside your staff context.

\score { \context Staff { \notes {
\property Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-4 . 4)
a4 b c d
}}}

Cheers,
- Graham