Re: break in measure

[Joe Neeman]

On 6/7/07, Helge Kruse <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Lilypond formats a score and tries to fit as much as possible at the first
> page. Unfortunately the piece is too long and I have one remaining line at
> the last page. Therefore I would like to relax the lines at the pages before
> without entering manual breaks. How can I say "not more than x measures per
> line" or just "use more space"?

If you set ragged-last-bottom to ##f in the paper block, then Lilypond
will try to avoid the situation you describe. Alternatively, you can
set system-count to a number in the paper block to force Lilypond to
use that many systems. Finally, you can look at the chapter on
horizontal spacing in the manual to see how to get Lilypond to prefer
more widely spaced lines.