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RE: what do you use ragged-bottom for?
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Mark Stephen Mrotek |
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RE: what do you use ragged-bottom for? |
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Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:00:50 -0800 |
Mr. Sorenson,
That is exactly the way I use the command.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Sorensen [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:23 PM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; 'Keith E OHara'; address@hidden
Subject: Re: what do you use ragged-bottom for?
On 11/16/13 10:38 AM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden> wrote:
>Mr. O'Hara:
>
>My use of the ragged bottom is very particular. I use Lilypond to set
>piano scores for viewing on a tablet (easy page turning!). In a set of
>variations, some (if not all) of the variations might not be long
>enough to fill the page, and two consecutive variations would be too
>much. Each variation is started on a new page. Without the
>"ragged-bottom" the distance between the staves is "stretched" to
>occupy the entire length of the page. From page to page this change in
>distance confuses my "eye." With the ragged-bottom the distance between
>staves is consistent and my eye tracks comfortably.
>Another
>solution may exist. This is the one that I found and use.
If your variations are only one page long, you could achieve the same effect
with ragged-last-bottom. Keith is asking about ragged-bottom, which applies
to every page of the score.
Thanks,
Carl