Re: Vertical Spacing

[Graham Percival]

http://lilypond.org/website/help-us.html

It's under "Simple tasks"; follow the right link, then see "small
additions".

Cheers,
- Graham

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 06:26:22PM -0600, Walter Hofmeister wrote:
> 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>
> 
> 
> 
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