Re: `fitting music onto fewer pages'

[Graham Percival]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:18:28 +0200 (CEST)
Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

> In the section `fitting music onto fewer pages' the perhaps most
> important fine-tuning method is completely missing:
> 
>   \layout {
>     \context {
>       \Score
>       \override SpacingSpanner
>                 #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 15)
>     }
>   }
> 
> The default moment is 3/16, but any values can be used.  The greater
> it is, the tighter the music is typeset.

I'm happy to add this... but what does #(ly:make-moment 1 15) do?  I
thought that make-moment X Y created a duration of X Y-notes (ie 5 4
would create a duration of length 5 quarter notes).  I don't think we
have any 15th notes... or was that just a typo for 16?

Hmm... maybe I should add a section in chapter 9 on "definitions of
technical constructs".

- Graham