Re: lilypond distance changes from 2.11.39 to 2.18.2

[Robin Bannister]

Veronika Neumann wrote:

> How can I use the "old" layout settings with the current lilypond version?


You can't.
It's not just a matter of tweaking the old values.
The old settings were discarded just after v2.12 - names and effects.

That was so that the vertical spacing could be set up more 
systematically and comprehensively: ok in the long term, but nasty in 
the short term. You can see that convert-ly tries to preserve spacings 
for a few simple cases, but it can't cope with the rest.

So if you want to tweak only a few things, use v2.12.3.

But if you want to be able to use the current version, you will have to 
get to know the old and the new spacing parameters and work toward 
settings that give the same layout.

That might be a lot of work; or it might not ...


Cheers,
Robin