Re: move lyrics closer

Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:09 AM Subject: Re: move lyrics closer in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page.html#Vertical%20spacing%20inside%20a%20system you can read: Normally staves are stacked vertically. To make staves maintain a distance, their vertical size

Re: move lyrics closer

themselves! hope i didn't offend somebody! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/move-lyrics-closer-tp22964622p22991212.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: move lyrics closer

James E. Bailey wrote: I want to move lyrics closer to each other. I've tried \layout {\context { \Lyrics \override #'baseline-skip = #-55 } } and it's not working for me. I'm sure I've just got the wrong context somewhere. Can someone point me to the right way? Do you mean move words closer

Re: move lyrics closer

James E. Bailey-3 wrote: I want to move lyrics closer to each other. I've tried \layout {\context { \Lyrics \override #'baseline-skip = #-55 } } and it's not working for me. I'm sure I've just got the wrong context somewhere. Can someone point me to the right way? \context Lyrics

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Am 09.04.2009 um 11:58 schrieb -Eluze: James E. Bailey-3 wrote: I want to move lyrics closer to each other. I've tried \layout {\context { \Lyrics \override #'baseline-skip = #-55 } } and it's not working for me. I'm sure I've just got the wrong context somewhere. Can someone point me

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\override *one* context to get the text vertically closer - obviously *\context {\Score \override …* does not really help! maybe i search in a false direction?! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/move-lyrics-closer-tp22964622p22979920.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User

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Am 09.04.2009 um 23:56 schrieb -Eluze: James E. Bailey-3 wrote: i am not quite certain about where - in which context(s) - you have to place it to make it effective in every stanza VerticalAxisGroup, as far as I understand it, moves the staves closer together, and with it, the lyrics

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James E. Bailey-3 wrote: Well, to my defense, I never really worry about vertical spacing. too bad for you - but in no way you are accused! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/move-lyrics-closer-tp22964622p22980269.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing

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it is negative: if i choose a smaller number (-6) it gets larger! sorry if this sounds dismal, but after reading this i really did not know how to use the numbers! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/move-lyrics-closer-tp22964622p22980674.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User

move lyrics closer

I want to move lyrics closer to each other. I've tried \layout {\context { \Lyrics \override #'baseline-skip = #-55 } } and it's not working for me. I'm sure I've just got the wrong context somewhere. Can someone point me to the right way? James E. Bailey