Ralph Palmer wrote
>
> I'm having difficulties with the spacing.
For your first problem, I'd suggest to play with (in the \paper block):
markup-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 20)
(padding . 2)
(stretchability . 10))
Thanks, especially to Kieren and foxfanfare, for pointing me in the right direction. I ended up using
score-markup-spacing
markup-system-spacing
markup-markup-spacing
and
system-system-spacing
and learning something about basic distance, minimum distance, and stretchability, although I'm still not entirely comfortable with them (or their logical/program meanings).
All the best,
Ralph