Hello Dave, Maybe use somthing like this:
%========= example =============
\version "2.22.1"
scale = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c }
halfscale = \relative c' { c d e f \noBreak \stopStaff\cadenzaOn \hideNotes c
c c c \startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" \cadenzaOff }
\score {
\new Staff {
\scale \break
\scale \break
\halfscale
}
\layout {
% If set '##f', the last line is stretched across the full page,
% and looks much too sparse
% If set '##t', the last line is compressed into a minimal width,
% and looks much too compact
% How can this line be scaled to occupy about half the page width
% and hence have the same spacing as the rest of the piece?
ragged-last = ##f
}
}
The \cadenzaOn/Off and the \startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" part are not strictly
necessary, but makes this compatible with single bar excerpts not at the end
of a line, so if this part should be followed by another line. The
\startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" is responsible for showing stuff again, the
\cadenzaOn/Off is responsible for stopping Timing and thus not making that
extra measure count.
Cheers,
Valentin
Am Montag, 19. Juni 2023, 23:32:06 CEST schrieb Dave Shield:
> I've been trying to adjust the width of the final line of a piece,
> where lines are being explicitly broken at specific points, and the
> last line would naturally be significantly shorter than the others.
> If I use a non-ragged layout, the final line ends up overstretched
> and looks ridiculous - if I turn on "ragged-last" then the final line
> is compressed much more than the others. How can I get the general
> spacing of the last line to be similar to the other lines in the
> following example? (i.e. roughly half the width of the page).
>
> I can't help feeling I'm missing something obvious, but nothing I've
> tried so far seems to work. Where am I going wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
> ========= example =============
> \version "2.22.1"
>
> scale = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c }
> halfscale = \relative c' { c d e f }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff {
> \scale \break
> \scale \break
> \halfscale
> }
>
> \layout {
> % If set '##f', the last line is stretched across the full page,
> % and looks much too sparse
> % If set '##t', the last line is compressed into a minimal width,
> % and looks much too compact
> % How can this line be scaled to occupy about half the page width
> % and hence have the same spacing as the rest of the piece?
> ragged-last = ##t
> }
> }
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