On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 8:42 AM Michael Werner <reznae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ralph, > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 11:27 AM Ralph Palmer <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> I'm having a problem with system-system spacing and ragged-last-bottom >> in a \Book with multiple scores. I was able, at some point, to do a ragged >> last bottom on the first score, but the systems were too close for my >> comfort. I've looked a lot at what seem to be the appropriate places in the >> Notation Reference, but I cannot figure out how to configure the context >> within the first score to control either the ragged bottom or the >> system-system distance, much less both. >> > > Both system-system-spacing and ragged-bottom need to be placed in a > \paper block, not a \layout block. There are limits on where a \paper block > can be put. In this case what I would do (and there could very well, and > probably are, better ways but this is what I came up with) is to put each > of the scores into its own \bookpart section, as a \bookpart is one of the > places a \paper block is allowed. This also obviates the need for the > \pagebreak, as that is automagically put in by using a \bookpart. Also, > system-system-spacing is comprised of 4 elements, each of which gets set > seperately. Have a look at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/the-paper-block > and > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-paper-variables > for some details on how it works. But a short version is try something > like: > > \book { > \header { > title = "Test" > subtitle = "system spacing" > } > > \bookpart { > \paper { > system-system-spacing.padding = #8 > ragged-last-bottom = ##t > } > \score { > \header { > piece = \markup \fill-line \huge \bold { "First" } > } > \new ChoirStaff > << > \new Staff > << \IVlaI >> > \new Staff > << \IVlaII >> > >> > } > } > > % \pageBreak > > \bookpart { > \score { > \header { > piece = \markup \fill-line \huge \bold { "Second" } > } > \new ChoirStaff << > \new Staff > << \IIVlaI >> > \new Staff > << \IIVlaII >> > >> > \layout {} > } > } > } > > This should get you started along towards what it sounds like you're > trying to do. > > Michael > Thanks for your quick reply, Michael. I'll try it, but when I used \book with separate \bookpart s before, the title and subtitle appeared before each \bookpart score. Ralph >
