Re: How to stop system from extending to the end of the page?

[Nick Payne]

On 14/04/10 15:54, -Eluze wrote:
> dflo404 wrote:
>    
> > I've tried searching for my question but I can't seem to find anything,
> > maybe because I don't exactly know what to search for.
> >
> > Here is the problem:
> >
> > Whenever I use the \break command, the system that is broken extends to
> > the end of the page.  This is what I want most of the time, but how can I
> > override this?
> >
> > For example, let's say I have 8 systems worth of neatly-spaced measures,
> > and the last system only contains 2 measures.  Since the system
> > automatically extends to the end of the page, these 2 measures get
> > stretched out to a very unnecessary level.  I want the last measure to
> > stop in the middle of the page, so that those 2 measures are spaced
> > appropriately.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >      
> the word you're looking for is *ragged* and you can put ragged-right = ##t
> in the \paper or \layout part.
>    
Wouldn't it be ragged-last = ##t. Ragged-right will affect all staves, 
not just the last one.

Nick