2009/1/30 Jonathan Kulp <jonlancek...@gmail.com>:
> Tim Yang wrote:
>>
>> I have a single staff music that spans two or three pages using font
>> size 15. If I use between-system-padding=#4 and
>> between-system-spacing=#4, it will use 3 pages with 12 lines for first
>> 2 pages and a single line on 3rd page. if the numbers are both #3,
>> then it uses 2 pages. But I notice there is a large space below each
>> page. When I set annotate-spacing = ##t I can see "47.46 space left"
>> which is a large space.
>>
>> Why does Lilypond left so large space unused and draws only 12 lines
>> while insisting on printing on 3rd page? How can I stuff as many
>> lines as possible on each page, which seems more reasonable?
>>
>
> You can set the page count explicitly in your \paper block like this:
>
> \paper {
> page-count = 3
> }
>
> You can also set page breaks manually following directions here:
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Page-breaking#Page-breaking
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon
> --
> Jonathan Kulp
> http://www.jonathankulp.com
>
It doesn't work. I set the page-count as 2 and Lilypond still uses 3
pages. I think it is because somehow Lilypond thinks these lines don't
fit in 2 pages but in fact there is a lot of space left.
Tim Yang
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