Re: "set-global-staff-size..." puzzle

[Tom Cloyd]

Please ignore the "top-margin" problem. I wasn't reading my own code
correctly. Problem solved.

As for the staff spacing problem - if someone can just give me a clue
where to go in the documentation, that would likely suffice. Google's
doing nothing for me, and cruising the 2.11 docs contents list didn't
help either.

t.

Tom Cloyd wrote:
> I suspect this is simple - but not for me.
>
> I've tried hard to solve this one myself, but I'm not coming up with 
> ANYTHING helpful anywhere.
>
> If I have
>
> "#(set-global-staff-size 20)"
>
> in my code, I get  6 staffs spread across 1.5 pages (#6 is all that's 
> on page 2). If I set the size to 18, I get the crowded onto one page 
> with 2" at the bottom.
>
> I cannot figure out what's happening, or how to get better control of 
> spacing between staffs.
>
>
> Also, the title of the piece is too high on the page. I can set a 
> top-margin, but it's ignored. Can't find documentation on how to 
> control this either.
>
> Here's the top part of my code...
>
> \version "2.10.0"
>
> #(set-global-staff-size 20) % 20 this is said to be standard for most 
> scores 
> \paper {
>    #(set-default-paper-size "letter" 'portrait)          
> ragged-last-bottom = ##t % turns off vertical justify
>    left-margin = 0.6\in
>    line-width = 7\in     % works better than specifying R-margin
>    bottom-margin = .7\in
>    top-margin = 0.15\in   }
>
> \layout {
>    indent = 0.0\cm % remove indent on first staff
> }
>
> \header {
>    title = "Prelude #2"
>    subtitle = "A legato etude for classical guitar (2008.08.13)"
>    composer = "Tom 
> Cloyd"                                                    tagline = 
> \markup { \small "score set by Tom Cloyd - with Lilipond - 
> address@hidden"} % this is the copyright line   }
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions anyone has!
>
>
> Tom


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