I'm a bit puzzled about how to go about something. A \paper block can
contain a number of things influencing vertical spacing. A \layout
block can contain some of the same things that a \paper block can
contain (unless I'm mistaken). While \paper blocks influence the entire
document a \layout block influences only its containing \score block
(correct)?
My current problem is that I'm making a transposition of an existing
etude book for myself. I'm trying to contain it all in a \book block
but I want to add \layout (or \paper) blocks to each \score block, where
necessary, in order to get the practical layout/page turns in the
original. I could do it with explicit \breaks and \pageBreaks but this
strikes me as inelegant and kludgy.
With some experimentation I found that the useful controls:
page-breaking-between-system-padding
between-system-padding
...seem to do nothing when contained in a \layout block, but work when
contained in a \paper block.
I've been trying to find some reference in the docs about about either:
A) Using such spacing commands with a \layout block or
B) Using (or discarding) a \book block while using \paper blocks with
each \score block.
It is my current understanding that the last \paper block in a *.ly file
will be the one used and any previous ones will be disregarded.
In short, I would like to have all of the essential musical information
in one file and another file which \includes that file and sets it all
up in a sequence of \score{} blocks with any necessary tweaks for each
\score{} that will satisfy the page turns, etc.
-David
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