Re: alignAboveContext problems together with \lyricsto

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/4/23 Peter Kaplan <address@hidden>:

>  However, now I have another question about lyric alignment when used in
>  combination with \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent.
>  Increasing the size of the negative Y-extent pushes away the lyrics set below
>  the staff, while increasing the size of the positive Y-extent pushes away the
>  lyrics set above the staff. So in a piece with divisi lyrics set both above 
> and
>  below a single staff, how does one avoid having them pushed away when using
>  \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent to adjust staff vertical
>  spacing?  Is there an alternative way to adjust staff vertical spacing that 
> will
>  not have this deleterious side effect?

Hi Peter (or do you prefer to be called "peftypefty"? :-)

Hmm, can you provide us (me) with an example? I don't understand why
you would override minimum-Y-extent if you don't want the lyrics to be
pushed away...

Cheers,
Valentin