Re: Vertical spacing of lyrics

[Eduardo Vieira]

Lothar wrote: 
"I'm using version 2.2.6. I'd like to upgrade, but 2.2.6 is the only version 
that is supported by my distribution (debian sarge). As far as I know, there 
are no .deb - packages available." 

Don't those universal installers that Lilypond provides work for your 
system? 

"The problem is that  I am working on a larger song, which contains several 
"double lines", as well as some longer sections with only one lyrics line. 
Adding all these lines to one  lyrics expression would be very difficult. 
Isn't there some easier way?" 

You could try this. I don't know if it will be easier: 

\context Voice = one { ... } \context Voice = two { ... } etc 
then assign lyrics to each Voice that will correspond to a section of your 
score, like: 
\context Lyrics = verseone \lyricsto one { ... } 
\context Lyrics = verseone \lyricsto two { ... } 
\context Lyrics = verseTwo \lyricsto one { ... } 

I hope I didn't confuse you even more:) 

Eduardo Vieira