Mr. Sorenson,

That is exactly the way I use the command.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Sorensen [mailto:c_soren...@byu.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:23 PM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; 'Keith E OHara'; lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: what do you use ragged-bottom for?

On 11/16/13 10:38 AM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote:

>Mr. O'Hara:
>
>My use of the ragged bottom is very particular. I use Lilypond to set 
>piano scores for viewing on a tablet (easy page turning!). In a set of 
>variations, some (if not all) of the variations might not be long 
>enough to fill the page, and two consecutive variations would be too 
>much. Each variation is started on a new page. Without the 
>"ragged-bottom" the distance between the staves is "stretched" to 
>occupy the entire length of the page. From page to page this change in 
>distance confuses my "eye." With the ragged-bottom the distance between 
>staves is consistent and my eye tracks comfortably.
>Another
>solution may exist. This is the one that I found and use.

If your variations are only one page long, you could achieve the same effect
with ragged-last-bottom.  Keith is asking about ragged-bottom, which applies
to every page of the score.

Thanks,

Carl


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