Re: title spacing

[Nick Payne]

On 18/04/11 09:28, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> On 4/17/11 3:56 PM, "Xavier Scheuer"<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > On 17 April 2011 23:04, Laurens van der Wee<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm a user that mainly throws together what he needs, there are
> > > probably some obvious gaps in my knowledge, so apologies if this is
> > > too obvious...
> > >
> > > My goal is simply to control the distance between a system and the
> > > title of the next score block. In the score I'm working on, the space
> > > is just too small, almost colliding with the last bit of the previous
> > > score block.
> > >
> > > I'm willing to use piece instead of title, but in that case I'd love
> > > to learn how I can center-align it, since also that doesn't seem to work...
> > >
> > > Any help very much appreciated.
> > Since you are using a development version (I see "2.13.56") I suggest
> > you to upgrade to latest development version and to consult the version
> > of the doc corresponding to this development version (now 2.13.60).
> >
> > A dozen weeks ago (between 2.13.sth and 2.13.sth+1) the syntax changed
> > from  "before-title-space"  to  "markup-system-spacing".
> > The value of this variable looks like
> >
> >    \paper {
> >      markup-system-spacing =
> >        #'((basic-distance . 10) (padding . 1) (stretchability . 30))
> >    }
> >
> > To understand this, see (doc v2.13.60)
> > NR 4.1.4 Flexible vertical spacing \paper variables
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing
> > -_005cpaper-variables.html
> I agree with everything Xavier has said, except the paper variable used to
> control the spacing between a system and the title of the next score is
> "score-markup-spacing".

Or if you only need to change one of the values, you can use the simpler 
syntax

score-markup-spacing #'basic-distance = #12

or whatever value you want for the spacing.

Nick