Re: background colour

[Malte Meyn]

Am 12.06.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> This is the "second part" not working? (commented code is helpful...)
> I can't understand the error when I uncomment it,

There is no error. This is why one should look at the \version statement 
;) Christian’s 2.18.2 works fine, your 2.19.xx (probably) not, because 
it would have to be
  system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 8
in the \paper block.

> but this is an example
> that works:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-11/msg00849.html

This is the solution LSR snippets 443 (which Christian uses) and 699 
(which I suggested) give ;)