Re: Line breaks on a "where allowed" basis

[David Kastrup]

Lukas-Fabian Moser <address@hidden> writes:

> As far as I can see, the default line breaking behaviour in Lilypond is
> roughly as follows:
> "Break where forced by user (\break), add additional line breaks 'for best
> result'."
>
> By issuing \override NonMusicalPaperColumn.line-break-permission = ##f,
> this behaviour may be changed to:
> "Break where forced by user (\break) and nowhere else".
>
> Is there a way to get something like
> "Break at most where allowed by user"?

\once\autoLineBreaksOn ?

> presentation, three to eight measures each; line breaks in the middle of an
> exercise being undesirable, and page breaks in the middle of an exercise
> being a no-go.)

\once\autoPageBreaksOn

But the latter will not work all that well since LilyPond chooses its
line breaks independently of its page breaks, so you'll only get a page
break when the permission coincides by chance with a line break.

-- 
David Kastrup