Re: Lines per page

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Helge Kruse" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:31 AM
Subject: Lines per page


> Hello,
>
> I have a score adapted for harp trio. I want to put it on four pages to 
> reduce the page turns. The slow part starting at last measure on page 2 
> is also convevient for page turn. On pages 1,2 and for Lilypond has put 
> four lines on the page. But on page 3 there is a lot of space while the 
> page 4 is very condensed. Why doesn't Lilypond equally put 4 lines on 
> each page and how can I circumvent this?
>
> This happen only in the complete score. Reducing it to a minimal example 
> removes the problem. Since the score may to too large to put it to the 
> list, I dropped it here:
>
> http://dj1na.gmxhome.de/score/TheLittleFountain.ly
> http://dj1na.gmxhome.de/score/TheLittleFountain.pdf
>
> Best Regards,
> Helge

An option, if you want to force pagebreaks where you want them, is to use:

\new Score with {
   \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f
}

and place a \pageBreak where you want the pages to turn.

An alternative you might wish to look at is to put:

page-breaking = #ly:page-turn-breaking

in the \paper block.

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Phil Holmes