Re: How to stop system from extending to the end of the page?

[dflo404]

Brett McCoy-2 wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:32 AM, dflo404 <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I've tried searching for my question but I can't seem to find anything,
>> maybe
>> because I don't exactly know what to search for.
>>
>> Here is the problem:
>>
>> Whenever I use the \break command, the system that is broken extends to
>> the
>> end of the page.  This is what I want most of the time, but how can I
>> override this?
>>
>> For example, let's say I have 8 systems worth of neatly-spaced measures,
>> and
>> the last system only contains 2 measures.  Since the system automatically
>> extends to the end of the page, these 2 measures get stretched out to a
>> very
>> unnecessary level.  I want the last measure to stop in the middle of the
>> page, so that those 2 measures are spaced appropriately.
> 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Line-breaking#Line-breaking
> 
> -- Brett
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And thanks for your link Brett (sorry I didn't see it until after I
responded to the last two posts)
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