Re: Can system-system spacing be altered within a \score block?

[Brent Annable]

Hi Pierre,

Thanks for your answer. I did try that, but because of my file structure it doesn't work. As soon as I use \bookpart anywhere in my master file, the output is corrupted for some reason -- probably because I'm including multiple files that use higher-level expressions and variables with the same names. I could reorganize everything, but that's precisely the hassle I'm trying to avoid.

I enclose a few files as an example. What I want to do is bring the systems of 'All things bright and beautiful' closer together on the page. If I do ragged-bottom = ##t they are too close together; I could insert some \vspaces to move the whole piece down a bit, but the systems remain too bunched-up for my liking. If I put the coding for that section into a \bookpart block, the output is immediately corrupted, so I can't use a separate \paper block to achieve what I want.

Any ideas on the best way to solve this?

Regards,

Brent.

On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 16:09, Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Brent,

You can put the paper bloc in a bookpart, e.g.:

\version "2.20.0"

music = { \repeat unfold 100 s1 }

\book {
  \bookpart {
    \score { \music }
    \header { piece = \markup\bold\fontsize #5 \fill-line { "15" } }
    \paper { system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 15 }
  }
  \bookpart {
    \score { \music }
    \header { piece = \markup\bold\fontsize #5 \fill-line { "20" } }
    \paper { system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20 }
  }
  \bookpart {
    \score { \music }
    \header { piece = \markup\bold\fontsize #5 \fill-line { "30" } }
    \paper { system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 30 }
  }
}

HTH,

Cheers,

Pierre

Le ven. 1 mai 2020 à 05:32, Brent Annable <address@hidden> a écrit :

Hi all,

I'm currently putting a whole bunch of separate pieces together into one document, and occasionally I want to manually adjust the distance between systems in one piece without affecting the spacing in the others. Because of the file structure I've chosen, I can't include any top-level instructions in \paper blocks without affecting all the other pieces in the document. Is there a way of including an instruction within a \score block (or below), or some other way to help adjust between-system spacing?

Regards,

Brent.

lelijk.txt
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All-Things-Bright-And-Beautiful.ly
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Cwm-Rhondda.ly
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Master_test.ly
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Ar-Hyd-Y-Nos.ly
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