Re: Shrinking to fit on a single page

2008-10-04 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
Hi, I'm trying to typeset a piece, that should fit on a single page. Lilypond keeps trying to put it on two pages. Perhaps you can try to forbid lilypond to do so with : \layout { \context { \Score \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f } } Gilles ___

RE: Shrinking to fit on a single page

2008-10-04 Thread Nick Payne
You could try adding between-system-padding = #0.1 between-system-space = #0.1 And if that's too tight then increase the values. Or alternatively, you can change the horizontal spacing using SpacingSpanner. I do this in a couple of my scores to squeeze them onto two pages so I don't need

Re: Shrinking to fit on a single page

2008-10-04 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Sorry, in addition to the "page-count = 1" line you might need to fiddle with the global-staff-size or other parameters because the footer is running off the bottom after forcing it to one page. The page-count setting is mentioned somewhere in the docs. I found it on a google search a few wee

Re: Shrinking to fit on a single page

2008-10-04 Thread Eluze
lily.user wrote: > > Is there a better way? > I dunno if its the best but it works: #(set-global-staff-size 16) \paper { % between-system-space = 10\mm % does nothing? % between-system-padding = #1 % does nothing? system-count = #4 % ragged-bottom = ##t % ragged-last-bottom =

Re: Shrinking to fit on a single page

2008-10-04 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Add this line to your \paper block: page-count = 1 Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to typeset a piece, that should fit on a single page. Lilypond keeps trying to put it on two pages. I've put in \paper{ ragged-bottom=##t bottom-margin=0\mm } and