Re: Line break problem (overfull)

[David Kastrup]

Hanns Holger Rutz <address@hidden> writes:

> hi there,
>
> i'm trying to convert a sequence of time instants to a rhythmic
> score. This might look strange (see below), but is perfectly valid my
> scenario. Unfortunately there is an issue with the line breaks. In the
> below example, their is a break after the first bar (why?)

Because that's the only valid place you leave for LilyPond.  LilyPond
does not break in the middle of a note.

> and then subsequently there aren't any useful breaks,

See, you agree with LilyPond here.

> making the lines become overfull.
>
> It gets worse if I enable proportional durations (which I actually would like 
> to do), where the last line gets crammed with overlapping notes.
>
> any clues what I'm doing wrong / how to this?
>
> thanks, .h.h.

\layout
{
  \context {
    \Voice
    \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"
  }
}

Or make sure that your note values amount for whole bars.

-- 
David Kastrup