Re: Helpless with system spacing

[Richard Chonak]

Often there's more than one way to get a nice result.

The \paper variables "page-count" and "systems-per-page" let you deal 
with spacing at a high level, instead of fine-tuning the vertical 
spacing variables like "system-system-spacing".

--Richard


---begin example---

\version "2.19.82"
#(set-default-paper-size "a5")  % I set a small paper size for this example

\paper {
   page-count = #2
   systems-per-page = #4
}

myNotes = \relative c' {
  c4\< c\> d\ff d
  e c\mark \default d2
}

myLyrics = \lyricmode {
  some word to the me -- lo -- dy
}

\score {
  <<
  \new Staff {
    \new Voice = "melody" {
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \myNotes
      \bar "|."
    }
  }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
    \myLyrics
  }
  >>
}

---end example