Re: Dubious recommendation about ragged-last-bottom in spacing.itely

[Janek Warchoł]

2012/2/10 Pavel Roskin <address@hidden>:
> Hello!
>
> There is a strange suggestion in Documentation/notation/spacing.itely:
>
> --------
> @item ragged-last-bottom
> @funindex ragged-last-bottom
>
> If set to false, systems will spread vertically down the last
> page.  Pieces that amply fill two pages or more should have this
> set to true.
> --------
>
> I believe the opposite should be suggested.  Large scores should set
> ragged-last-bottom to false.  For a large score, it's easy to fill a
> whole number of pages without much distortion.  Doing so increases
> readability of the piece without increasing the number of the page
> turns.
>
> I checked some scores on imslp.org, and I don't see many "ragged
> bottoms" at the end of many serious works.
>
> I suggest changing "true" to "false".  I believe it was meant that way
> by the author of the text.

+1