Re: Orphaned and widowed lines in \markuplines

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Le 9 nov. 2009 à 11:10, Jiri Zurek (Prague) a écrit :

> It happens to my scores that when using \markuplines for long texts  
> (more
> than a page), Lilypond leaves a first or a last line orphaned (single,
> alone) on a page. This is normally unwanted in printed literature.  
> Is there
> a way how to instruct Lilypond not to leave orphaned or widowed  
> single lines
> on any page?

You may consider using the ly:minimal-breaking page breaking algorithm  
for
text sections. The default algorithm, ly:optimal-breaking, is abviously
dedicated to scores, so it can lead to suboptimal results when dealing  
with
text. Conversely, ly:minimal-breaking gives better results with text: it
stacks as many lines as possible on a page before brekaing to the next  
one.

Nicolas