Hi Michael, On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 Jan 2015, at 15:15, tisimst [via Lilypond] <[hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=170975&i=0>> wrote: > > Michael, > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Michael Hendry [via Lilypond] <<a > href="x-msg://45/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=170972&i=0" > target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external" class="">[hidden email]> wrote: > > Experimenting with custom-line-breaks-engraver, I've found that it doesn't > work correctly if the number of bars to be printed per line exceeds 9, e.g. > \consists #(custom-line-breaks-engraver '(10)) > > A 37 bar song comes out with 10, 10, 5, 5 and 7 bars per line, instead of > the expected 10, 10, 10 and 7. > > Specifying (10 10 10 7) doesn't work either. > > (If you use the overrides described below, you will need to specify your song fully like the above.) > > This isn't a real problem for me, as I usually use 4 bars to the line for > lead sheets (or 8 bars to the line if the notation is sparse and the song > is long). > > I don't have any knowledge of Scheme to correct such a brilliantly useful > piece of work - it's going to save me hours of time messing about with > \noBreak and \break commands! > > > I can't say I've used the custom-line-breaks-engraver, but whenever I need > to engrave something particularly tight, I like to use the following two > overrides: > > \layout { > \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn.line-break-permission = ##f > \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f > } > > These force LilyPond to break only when YOU tell it to, via \break and > \page Break. You may not need the page-break one. > > Yes, exactly. There is a note to this effect in the snippet description of this engraver found here: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=838. In the code, there are commented-out lines which demonstrate the overrides needed for forcing your wishes on LilyPond when the program considers the result too cramped. Hope this helps, David.
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