Re: How to print less measures to each system

[Alexander Kobel]

On 2010-12-17 14:19, Akira wrote:
> For instance, now I have 12 measures per each system (line) and 8
> systems per one page.
> The music which I want should have 8 measures per each system and 12
> systems per one page.  [...]
>
> \paper{
> #(define page-breaking ly:optimal-breaking)
> systems-per-page =11
> }

Hi,

first, which version do you use? I think to remember that 
systems-per-page did not work somewhere in the 2.13. branch, but it 
should work again in the most recent version.
Then, if you want 12 systems with 8 measures each, you should set 
systems-per-page to 12, right?

Anyway, a few suggestions - not tested:
- leave out the #(define page-breaking ...) rule and see if this changes 
things, [*]
- use "systems-per-page = #11" (without the quotes, but with the #; 
should not change anything, but your variant is syntactic sugar and not 
the most natural from a technicial point of view),
- try "min-systems-per-page = #10" and "max-systems-per-page = #12" 
instead or additionally (or set both to #11, but a little bit of 
flexibility may give better results), or
- use "system-count = #x" to set the total number of systems for the 
whole score, and "page-count = #y" to set the total number of pages (and 
leave *-systems-per-page alone).

The manual breaks should be the last instance if nothing else works out.


HTH,
Alexander


[*] ly:optimal-breaking is the default anyway, isn't it?