Re: "Orphaned pages"

[Neil Thornock]

I always include a dummy score after my main score, something as simple as:

\score { \mypiecehere }
\pageBreak
{c1}

It forces the spacing routine to spread systems evenly across all pages.
Good luck!

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:28 AM, David Bobroff <address@hidden> wrote:
> Håvar Skaugen wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Thanks for developing lilypond. I have begun to typeset all my music with
>> lilypond and I'm very content with the results. However, there's one feature
>> I'm missing:
>>
>> Is it possible to make lilypond avoid orphaned pages; pages that have only
>> one staff or system. These orphaned pages often appear when I make
>> individual parts from my scores. Would it be possible for lilypond to
>> automatically detect orphaned pages and make the staff size slightly smaller
>> until the page disappears?
>>
>
> Check section:
>
> 4.1.2 Page formatting
>
> ...in the docs.  I think system-count and/or page-count will do what you
> want.
>
> David
>
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Neil Thornock, D.M.
Assistant Professor of Music
Composition/Theory
Brigham Young University
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