Re: Enlarging space between systems

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 12:16 PM Jogchum Reitsma <j.reitsma@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Running Lilypond 2.19.82 on Opensuse Tumbleweed, I want to enlarge the
> space between systems of choir staffs.
>
> Looking in the docs, and googling, I tried
>
> \override VerticalAxisGroup.staffgroup-staff-spacing = #'(50(50))
>
> and
>
> \override StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.basic-distance = #15
>
> in the layout {} section.
>
> But whatever values I place in these commands, nothing changes in the
> spacing between the systems.
>
> Anyone to tell me what I do wrong here?
>
> regards, Jogchum

Try playing with these settings:

\paper {
  system-system-spacing =
    #'((basic-distance . 12)
       (minimum-distance . 8)
       (padding . 3)
       (stretchability . 60)) % defaults: 12, 8, 1, 60
}

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Knute Snortum