Re: Polymetric music and page breaks

[Neil Puttock]

On 5 July 2011 22:45, Andrea La Rose <address@hidden> wrote:

> I just tried your suggestion, but it still only seems to affect the first
> system and nothing else. I even reduced it to four-bar skips, but the second
> system has far more than that and runs off the page. I can't figure out why
> it applies to one system, but not others. I'm wondering if the fall-offs or
> the glissandi are creating problems.

global = { \time 4/4 { s1*8 } \bar "" \break { s1*8 } }

There's only one forced break here, so only the first line is broken
properly if you change the skip length.  If you want regular breaks,
you can use \repeat unfold to ensure there are enough breaks
throughout the piece.

Cheers,
Neil