Re: Page formating for book layout

[Federico Bruni]

2013/6/3 <address@hidden>

  Howdy!

            I have a set of variations (BWV 988) that I have transcribed
and engraved
with lilypond version 2.16.2. It is printed on both sides of the page and
reads like a
book.  I have a \bookpart for each variation. Each variation starts on the
left page
and has  a title and other custom \header stuff.  Each variation is either on
2 pages or 4 pages. I want the top system on the right hand page to line
up with
 the top system on the left page when space allows. How to do this? I simply
want to set the top-margin somehow only on these pages... is this possible
without
messing up top-margin on the "title" page? Or what is the correct way to
do this?

         thanx - steve

Hi Steve

the answer is top-system-spacing

see this example:

\version "2.16.2"

\paper {

top-system-spacing = #'((padding . 3.5))

}

\markup { \null }

\pageBreak

\bookpart {

\header {

title = "Part 1"

}

\repeat unfold 100 { c1*4 }

}

\bookpart {

\header {

title = "Part 2"

}

\repeat unfold 100 { d1*4 }

}