For example, to reduce the space between adjacent staves in a
staff-group, use the @code{staff-staff-spacing} property of the
@code{StaffGrouper} grob. The property is an alist with four
-keys: @code{padding}, @code{space}, @code{minimum-distance}, and
-@code{stretchability}. Three of the four keys have initialized
-default values; these are listed in the @qq{Backend} section of
-the Internals Reference (see @rinternals{StaffGrouper}):
+keys: @code{padding}, @code{basic-distance},
+@code{minimum-distance}, and @code{stretchability}. Three of the
+four keys have initialized default values; these are listed in the
+@qq{Backend} section of the Internals Reference (see
+@rinternals{StaffGrouper}):
@example
'((basic-distance . 9) (minimum-distance . 7) (padding . 1))
@end example
One way to bring the staves closer together is by reducing the
-value of the @code{space} key (@code{9}) to match the value of
-@code{minimum-distance} (@code{7}). To modify a single key
-individually, use a @emph{nested declaration}:
+value of the @code{basic-distance} key (@code{9}) to match the
+value of @code{minimum-distance} (@code{7}). To modify a single
+key individually, use a @emph{nested declaration}:
@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
% default space between staves
@end lilypond
Using a nested declaration will update the specified key (such as
-@code{space} in the above example) without altering any other keys
-already set for the same property.
+@code{basic-distance} in the above example) without altering any
+other keys already set for the same property.
Now suppose we want the staves to be as close as possible without
overlapping. The simplest way to do this is to set all four alist
will be reset to their @emph{default-when-unset} values. In the
case of @code{staff-staff-spacing}, any unset key-values would be
reset to zero (except @code{stretchability}, which takes the value
-of @code{space} when unset). Thus the following two declarations
-are equivalent:
+of @code{basic-distance} when unset). Thus the following two
+declarations are equivalent:
@example
\override StaffGrouper #'staff-staff-spacing =