Re: Interesting numerology

[Mats Bengtsson]

Why don't you simply insert a \break where you want the page break and
set
\paper{
 raggedlastbottom = ##f
}
so that LilyPond automatically spreads the systems over the available
space?

   /Mats

Fairchild wrote:
> The goal of the shtick below is to balance the two printed pages with ten
> lines on each page.  As is and again by changing the fourteenth digit of
> betweensystemspace from 5 to 6 gets two different results, nine lines on one
> page and eleven on the other - neither the desired result.
>
> How to control the layout differently in consecutive scores?
>
> ======================================================
>
> \version "2.4.3"
> #(set-default-paper-size "letter")
>                                                 STUFF = {
> c1 c c c \break c c c c \break c c c c \break c c c c \break
> c1 c c c \break c c c c \break c c c c \break c c c c \break
> c1 c c c \break c c c c \break 
> \pageBreak
>                                                 }%end STUFF
>                                                 \paper {
> printpagenumber      = ##f
> leftmargin           = 0.50\in
> topmargin            = 0.20\in
> bottommargin         = 0.20\in
> footsep              = 0.01\in
> betweensystempadding = -.10\in
> betweensystemspace   = 1.0931579213785\in
>                                                 }%end paper
>                                                 \score {
>                                         \layout {
> linewidth            = 7.50\in
> indent               = 0.00\in
>                                         }%end layout
>                                         \relative c'''' {
> \STUFF
>                                         }%end relative
>                                                 }%end score
>                                                 \score {
>                                         \layout {
> linewidth            = 4.50\in
> indent               = 0.00\in
> \context { \Staff minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-1.0 . 1.0) }
>                                         }%end layout
>                                         \relative c'' {
> \STUFF
>                                         }%end relative
>                                                 }%end score
>
> ======================================================
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