Re: Orphaned and widowed lines in \markuplines

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Le 10 nov. 2009 à 07:19, David Kastrup a écrit :

> Nicolas Sceaux <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> The answer does not fit the question.  The question was not about
> stacking as much on a page as possible.  Quite contrary: it was about
> stacking less than possible if it avoids ugly results.

Yet, it might have been an artefact of an inappropriate page breaking
algorithm, hence the suggestion, which was not labeled as a solution,
mind you, just a possible track to investigate.
Your post is absolutely unnecessary, btw.