Re: Helpless with system spacing

[Stephan Schöll]

Thanks, David, good hint (2.1.5). Not the solution to my core problem
though. Doesn't address the spacing, but helps with proximity anyway.

Best Regards
Stephan

Am 02.03.2020 um 02:22 schrieb 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.
>