for nested container-contexts StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing
is
applied not only to the last Staff (as opposed to the NR).
See code below, png attached.
\version "2.19.82" mus = \new Voice { c''1 } \score { << \new StaffGroup << \mus \new GrandStaff << \mus \mus >> \mus \new GrandStaff << \mus \mus >> \mus >> \mus >> \layout { %% Play with the padding-values \override StaffGroup.StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 10) (stretchability . 0)) \override GrandStaff.StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) %% Don't get disturbed by other settings \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup.default-staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) \override StaffGroup.StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . 0) (stretchability . 0)) } }
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems
states:
"Properties of the StaffGrouper grob
[...]
staffgroup-staff-spacing
The distance between the last staff of the current staff-group and the
staff just below it in the same system,
[...]."
Actually, the last Staff of a StaffGroup (or equivalent) and every
Staff right before another container-context is spaced by
staffgroup-staff-spacing.
I'm undecided whether I'd call this behaviour a bug or a feature.