Re: Forced # of measures per system?

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hello, Carl:

> How do you force lilypond to use a certain number of measures per  
> system?

Basically, you "superimpose" the break rules on the existing music,  
using \simultaneous, the short-hand << >>, or some other method --  
here's one example from the online docs:

For linebreaks at regular intervals  use \break separated by skips and  
repeated with \repeat:
     <<  \repeat unfold 7 { s1 * 4 \break  }
        the real music
     >>

See  
<http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/ 
Line-breaking.html> for more details.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.