Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 49, Issue 102

[Will Oram]

On Dec 24, 2006, at 1.04 PM, address@hidden wrote:

> From: "Joe Neeman" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Two-Pass Vertical Spacing
> To: "William Oram" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
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> > > This is almost certainly because the height-estimation routines are
> > > overestimating the height of the systems prior to page breaking  
> > > on the
> > > second pass. Can you try it (perhaps just the first couple of  
> > > pages) with
> > > annotate-spacing = ##t to check? If the Y-extent-estimate  
> > > interval is
> > much
> > > larger than the Y-extent interval, this is the problem.
> >
> > > Also, what version are you using?
> >
> > Ah, that's the fact I always forget. Using 2.10.4 on OS X 10.4. Also
> > tried with similar results on 2.11.x.
> >
> > Hard to tell if y-extent-estimate is overshooting. In many cases
> > properly respaced systems have the same margin of error as those that
> > aren't.
> >
> > Judge for yourself. Two example pages with annotate-spacing added.  
> > The
> > first is not respaced as expected, the second is. Other pages not
> > included seem to vary wildly from these lengths.
> >
> > http://www.foxchange.com/spamguy/extentestimate.pdf
>
>
> Wow, that's some pretty appalling height-estimation! Could you send  
> me the
> input file (uncondensed will do)?

I hope you mean the page-layout.ly file. That is easily done. If  
you're looking for the source, you will have a directory of stuff to  
wade through.

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