Re: markup-system-spacing syntax help

[Richard Shann]

On Sun, 2015-10-18 at 15:40 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> > I can't seem to get the vertical spacing settings 
> > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-paper-variables
> > to do anything:
> > 
> > \version "2.19.25"
> > \header {
> > title = "title"
> > }
> > \paper {
> > markup-system-spacing = 20
> > }
> 
> The spacing properties require a list, i.e., you need to set one or more of 
> the four sub-properties (basic-distance, minimum-distance, padding, 
> stretchability). Try
> 
>     markup-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20
> 
> or
> 
>     markup-system-spacing = #’((basic-distance . 20))
> 
> Hope this helps!

It certainly does! thank you, I've got it now...

Richard


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