Re: setting systems per page in lilypond-book

[Adam Good]

That'll define how many systems will be used in the entire piece but  
not how many systems there should be before a page break. Here's what  
I've been doing in lilypond-book:

\newcommand{\betweenLilyPondSystem}[1]{\\[Xpt]}
\lilypondfile[indent=1.5\cm]{mypiece.ly}

for each piece I'm working on (which are anywhere from 11 lines of  
music to say 40 lines of music and anywhere from 1 to 3 pages) I  
adjust "X" in the \betweenLilyPondSystem line to where I get the  
number of systems on the first page that looks good to me. but i must  
make so many guesses before I find what I like. It would be much  
handier if I could specify how many systems I want before there's a  
page break.

hopefully that makes sense?

On Jun 10, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Damian leGassick wrote:

> i think what you need is in the \paper block
>
> something like
>
> \paper {
> system-count = #3
> }
>
> D
>
> On 10 Jun 2007, at 12:30, Adam Good wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > How do I specify how many systems per page when I'm using Lilypond- 
> > book? I've read the manual (Integrating LaTeX and music) and have  
> > tried examples but I can't get it working, I'm not sure what I'm  
> > doing wrong.
> >
> > in the very simple example below there are 6 systems total. what  
> > sort of \def\betweenLilyPondSystem can I use to say that there  
> > must be 3 systems, then a page break?
> >
> > thank you SOO much!
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > \documentclass[a4paper]{book}
> >
> > \begin{document}
> >
> > \begin[fragment]{lilypond}
> > \relative c' {c1 d e f \break g a b c, \break d e f g \break a b  
> > c, d \break e f g a \break b c d}
> > \end{lilypond}
> >
> > \end{document}
> >
> >
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