Re: Fixed number of Systems on page

[Phil Burfitt]

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From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:54 AM
Subject: Fixed number of Systems on page


> Hi all,
>
> is it possible to enforce a specific number of systems on a specific page?
> For example to say: "I want a given music (e.g. between two manual page 
> breaks) on that page, but I also want to have it on 5 systems"?
>
> Or similarly asked: "Please distribute the following 50 measures on 16 
> staves."
>
> It that's currently not possible (which I assume) is there a reason 
> against it, or a reason why it is complicated to implement?
>
> Urs
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Hi Urs,

A combination of \paper variables page-count and system-count, together with 
explicit staff and system positioning might get you what you want.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/explicit-staff-and-system-positioning

Phil.