Re: Adjusting length of final line

2023-06-21 Thread Dave Shield
Thanks for the suggestions - they've been very helpful. I had been on the right track for manipulating the spacing, but had missed the need for a "\newSpacingSection" to make these changes active. But the real key to fixing my live problem was actually "\stopStaff" & "\startStaff" - that was

Re: Adjusting length of final line

2023-06-20 Thread Robin Bannister
Dave Shield wrote: How can I get the general spacing of the last line to be similar to the other lines in the following example? (i.e. roughly half the width of the page). Previously I would have, after \halfscale, added \stopStaff s16*20 where you adjust the 20 to taste. But this

Re: Adjusting length of final line

2023-06-20 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hello Dave, Maybe use somthing like this: %= example = \version "2.22.1" scale = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c } halfscale = \relative c' { c d e f \noBreak \stopStaff\cadenzaOn \hideNotes c c c c \startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" \cadenzaOff } \score { \new Staff {

Re: Adjusting length of final line

2023-06-19 Thread Knute Snortum
On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 3:33 PM Dave Shield wrote: > I've been trying to adjust the width of the final line of a piece, > where lines are being explicitly broken at specific points, and the > last line would naturally be significantly shorter than the others. >If I use a non-ragged layout,

Adjusting length of final line

2023-06-19 Thread Dave Shield
I've been trying to adjust the width of the final line of a piece, where lines are being explicitly broken at specific points, and the last line would naturally be significantly shorter than the others. If I use a non-ragged layout, the final line ends up overstretched and looks ridiculous - if