Phil Holmes-2 wrote > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hwaen Ch'uqi" <
> hwaenchuqi@ > > > To: < > lilypond-user@ > > > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:30 AM > Subject: Large gap in text. > > >> Greetings All, >> I am nearing the end of preparations for my first >> LilyPond-generated publication. My problem lies in the prefatory >> matter. I have trimmed the code as lean as possible and have attached >> both .ly and .pdf files. As you will see, a highly undesired page >> break occurs, leaving a great amount of unused vertical space on page >> 1. However, if I will remove the code for page 3, pages 1 and 2 will >> compile as expected. Is it possible that I have a misunderstanding >> regarding \markuplist or \vspace? Can anyone advise me? The matter is >> now somewhat time-sensitive. >> Thank you so much. >> Hwaen Ch'uqi > > > Hi. > > It looks to me that Lilypond is doing to your text what it should do to > music: make it so that the number of systems per page are balanced. > Because > you've forced a page turn before the acknowledgements, it's now as if you > have 6 systems of music, but want 5 of them on page 1 and 1 on page 2: > Lilypond naturally disagrees, wanting a balance with 3 on each page. > > I can't get this to work in your set-up, but I'd suggest it may be best, > given your layout, to use purely manual page breaking. You can forbid > automatic page breaking with > > \override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f > > and can then place \pageBreak appropriately. I think it's strange behavior. instead of page breaking you can start a new \bookpart! Eluze -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Large-gap-in-text-tp158151p158232.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
