Re: Probably again: spacing problems with lyrics

[Marc Hohl]

Hi Trevor,

Am 08.03.2014 01:20, schrieb Trevor Daniels:
> Hi Marc
>
> > I have (again) problems understanding the spacing between lyrics and
> > staves below. Attaced is an example with three stanzas, and I want to
> > increase the distance between the lowest lyric line and the next
> > saff line.
> >
> > IIUC, it is some nonstaff-nonrelated-staff thingy, but if I follow
> > the instructions in the NR, nothing changes :-(
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here? The spacing system is still mysterious
> > to me ...
>
> You're using the spacing controls for spacing _within_ a system.
> You need the ones for spacing _between_ systems.

That makes a lot of sense, suddenly ;-)

 These are
> paper variables.  Try
>
> \paper {
>    system-system-spacing #'basic-distance = 50
> }

Thanks a lot!

Marc