Re: setting the number of pages for a score

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Joe Neeman wrote:
> Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
> > > > It is necessary that both the left and the right page are treated
> > > > as a pair, having the same number of bars.  A good place for a page
> > > > break is a larger rest in either the left or right hand of one of
> > > > the two players.
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully, the used algorithm can be prepared to handle this --
> > > > it's not necessary to implement it right now (it sounds like a
> > > > sponsored feature :-) but it would be a pity if the new stuff makes
> > > > it impossible to do that.
> > > >     
> > >
> > > I think the current plan is to include a page-turn-weight variable
> > > that, if set to zero will cause the breaker to ignore page turns
> > > entirely. You could then force breaks with \pageBreak and
> > > \noPageBreak and do it manually that way. I would like to continue
> > > to allow manual overrides as much as possible.
> > >   
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I don't understand your answer.  My main concern is to make
> > lilypond handle the above described situation automatically --
> >  
> Ah, sorry. I was just pointing out that it could still be done manually 
> (ie. we aren't losing functionality (right? currently it must be done 
> manually?)). I'm sure the page breaking code can be extended easily to 
> cover this. I think the task of splitting the (simultaneous) music into 
> two printable piano-staves might be more tricky but I don't know that 
> part of the code at all well.

I think the way to go about that is to derive the line/pagebreaking for 
a score that has 2 piano-staves and is printed on a double-height a4. 
Then apply that breaking to the separate score.


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