Michael Werner <reznaeous@gmail.com> writes:
>
> For some reason Lilypond complained if I left out the right-edge
> entry.
It is not that you left out the right-edge entry, it is that you removed
it. The way you have written your override, it removes all of
space-alist and only leaves the entries you state explicitly.
Instead, try overriding just the entry
BreathingSign.space-alist.next-note (and I prefer using a \tweak here)
such as
Ah! I wasn't aware that could be done. Also misunderstood the override - I thought it would just reset the values I specified and leave the rest as already set. I'll have to keep that in mind for future use. Greatly appreciate the clarification and correction.
Michael