Re: Viewing PDF output

[David Kastrup]

Michael Gerdau <address@hidden> writes:

> [breaking in the middle of music with no "proper" bars]
>> I think this might actually be the issue.  Because I'm trying to create a
>> Schenker graph, there are no bar lines in what I've coded.  So, Lilypond
>> may not be able to segment the length appropriately, leading to the content
>> continuing off the page.
>> 
>> If that's correct, how do I tell Lilypond to make breaks according to the
>> page constraints while still visually keeping to what a Schenker graph is
>> supposed to look like?
>
> You simply insert '\bar ""' (w/o the apostrophs) in the music
> effectively telling LP it is ok to break here (because you create an
> empty barline).
>
> When you you have several systems in your akkolade you have to make
> sure the \bar "" happen at the same time in all systems.
>
>> But if that's the case, how do I equalize the amount of space
>> each note head takes (everything should be the same, regardless of length)?
>
> That's a different question and not easily answered in one
> sentence. You have read the Notation Manual on horizontal spacing and
> the many options available to influence that?

There is also the option to write

\layout {
  \context {
     \Voice
     \remove Forbid_line_break_engraver
  }
}

to allow line breaks anywhere.

-- 
David Kastrup