Re: How to increase the distance between staves?

[Richard Shann]

On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 12:54 +0100, Peter Toye wrote:
> I want to increase the distance between the staves 

I've just been asked a similar question of address@hidden and
looking into it I came up with the following example which has a
variety of \layout {} blocks with which I'm trying to influence the
spacing between the staffs within the staff groups and between a staff
group and the following staff(-group). I've included examples
overriding StaffGrouper.xxx and VerticalAxisGroup.xxx but I can't find
anything that affects the typeset.

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\version "2.18.0"

\layout {
        \context {
            \StaffGroup  \override StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing = #'(
                                                       (basic-distance . 60)
                                                       (minimum-distance . 60)
                                                       (padding . 1)
                                                       (stretchabilty . 0))
            \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing   
#'basic-distance = #100
        }
    }
\layout {
        \context {
            \Staff  \override StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing = #'(
                                                       (basic-distance . 60)
                                                       (minimum-distance . 60)
                                                       (padding . 1)
                                                       (stretchabilty . 0))
            \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing   
#'basic-distance = #100
        }
    }
mus = { \repeat unfold 100 R1*4/4 }

\score {
        <<
              
         \new ChoirStaff <<
                                \new Staff  { \mus }
                                \new Staff  { \mus }   
                         >> 
         \new ChoirStaff <<
                                \new Staff  { \mus }
                                \new Staff  { \mus }   
                         >> 
        >>
       }

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The reference http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/flex
ible-vertical-spacing-within-systems#within_002dsystem-spacing-
properties
doesn't show fully working examples and I can't find anything in the
LilyPond Snippet Repository to cover this either.

I have got other approaches working, but I would like to understand why
the above does not...

Richard


> in a short 1-page piece. I've tried the following (culled from the
> notation reference), but nothing happens.
>  
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \StaffGroup
>     \override StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.basic-distance =
> #30
>     \override StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.minimum-distance
> = #30
>   }
> }
> 
> What am I missing, please?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter
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