Re: Spacing

[David Rogers]

"GRAEME F ST CLAIR" <address@hidden> writes:


> What directives, commands, instructions etc should I be looking 
> at to put a little more "air" into its appearance? 

This may sound mean, but read the manual - it's all in there. When 
you get to know the manual you know not only the answer to these 
questions but where to look for the answers to the inevitable next 
questions. In contrast to many programs where all they can do is 
what's visible in the menus, and questions about such programs are 
rare and often not too bright, in Lilypond you can't see ANYTHING, 
questions by all users (including experts) are frequent and often 
intelligent, and to get the least little thing done you probably 
have to consult the documentation. A lot of work (not by me) has 
gone into that huge manual, and you need to know it inside out to 
be a great user of Lilypond. To be an ordinary everyday user of 
lilypond, you essentially need to have (approximately, sort of) 
memorized the table of contents so you know where to look for 
things without taking forever to find them - but not memorized the 
whole manual of course! :)

If you "get into" Lilypond you will have about eighty more 
questions by the end of the month. You might as well start in now 
with the manual, since it's pretty much guaranteed that 
seventy-eight of the answers are in there. :)

--
David