Re: Layout // Multidocument

[Graham Percival]

On 14-Jan-06, at 7:21 PM, Trent Johnston wrote:

> Would it be possible tell lilypond to spread the total bars and number 
> of lines specified by the user and then evenly spread those lines and 
> staves over the page. I've used PMX / MTX which allows the user to 
> tell the program to spread the music over a number of systems on a 
> number of pages.

>  What I am suggesting is that the user when looking at their layout 
> might suggest that an extra line would better fill out their score. 
> ie. If a score of 2 pages the user notices that there are five lines 
> or music on the first page and 4 on the second they can then ask 
> lilypond to layout out the music over 10 lines / 5 for each page so 
> that the score appears even.

There are some new developments about layout in the 2.7 series; take a 
look at the NEWS document for it.  It's not what you're asking about, 
but they _do_ provide more options.

You can force lilypond to typeset a certain number of bars per line 
(and lines per page) by using \break and \newpage, but I really think 
it's best to leave it up to lilypond.  I specify betweensystemspacing 
and raggedbottom (sometimes I want it, sometimes I don't), but other 
than that I've found it best to leave it up to lilypond.  Occasionally 
I specify a \newpage for page turning reasons (ie there are a few bars 
of rest, so the page break *must* be there).

Cheers,
- Graham