Re: Helpless with system spacing

[David Wright]

On Sun 01 Mar 2020 at 23:17:11 (+0100), Stephan Schöll wrote:
> I would like to pull the systems vertically apart so that dynamics,
> marks, lyrics a.s.o are optically (logically) grouped (law of
> proximity). As you can see in the MVE the output is an optical mess.

Can I just check that you really don't want to put this before the
last line of your MVE:

  \layout {
    \context {
      \Score
      \override DynamicText.direction = #UP
      \override DynamicLineSpanner.direction = #UP
    }
  }

I for one would not appreciate its absence.

> After so many attempts and hours I give up. I read so many manual pages
> (e.g. chapters 4.4.1 and 4.5 from the manual), followed and tried so
> many mailing-list posts...

Try § 2.1.5, second page thereof.

> --- MVE ---
> \version "2.19.83"
> 
> myNotes = \relative c' {
>   c4\< c\> d\ff d \break
>   e c\mark \default d2 \bar "|."
> }
> 
> myLyrics = \lyricmode {
>   some word to the me -- lo -- dy
> }
> 
> \score {
>   <<
>   \new Staff {
>     \new Voice = "melody" {
>       \myNotes
>     }
>   }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
>     \myLyrics
>   }
>   >>

  \layout {
    \context {
      \Score
      \override DynamicText.direction = #UP
      \override DynamicLineSpanner.direction = #UP
    }
  }

> }
> --- END MVE ---

Cheers,
David.