Re: No pagebreaks within a score?

[Carrick Patterson]

Quoting Buddha Buck <address@hidden>:

> I'm trying to put lots of scores in a \book, and I want the output such that
> no score is split between two pages.  I don't care if a page ends up
> half-full because the next score is too long to fit on the bottom of the
> page, but requiring my musicians to turn pages is, in this case, bad.
>
> For the most part, the scores I'm doing are only 4 line long, and I can
> easily get 2 on a page, but right now lilypond is sometimes wanting to put
> the header and one line on the bottom of one page under another piece or
> two, and then the remainder on the next page, and this condition simply
> propagates through the book.
>
> I've tried adding \score { \pageBreak } between scores where I know
> pagebreaks should fall, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
In Section 10.5.9 of the manual it suggests:

"To force a new page for a new piece (in a collection of pieces or a piece in
several movements), use breakbefore in the header."

Will that work for you?

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Carrick Patterson
Little Rock AR