Re: Vertical spacing tweaks.

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Trevor Bača wrote:
> First question: how do these two features differ? If feature #1 lets
> you specify spacing details immediately after (or before?) a \break or
> \pageBreak, then doesn't that give 100% control over vertical spacing
> to the user (thereby making feature #2 unnecessary)? Or perhaps #2
> adds some additional control above and beyond #1?

#2 and #1 control different vertical spacing elements: #2 controls the 
space of staves within a system, while #1 controls the space between 
systems.

> Second question: would this feature #3 be any different than making
> the contents of breakLayout into a Voice added to any of the existing
> Staves in the score? For example:
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff <<
>         \myRealMusic
>         \breakLayout
>     >>
>     \new Staff \moreMusic
>     \new Staff \yetMoreMusic
>    ... etc ...
>   >>
> }
>
> Might this solution work without the need for development? (This is
> stolen from Jan's input for Satie's "Petite ouverture à danser".)

Yes, but there is no way to automatically generate \breakLayout from 
within LilyPond right now. You'd have to do it by hand, or accept that 
every tweak you do might alter line breaking.

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