Re: lilypond-book - vertical space and font questions

[David Kastrup]

Francisco Vila <address@hidden> writes:

> 2012/3/21 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> Svetlana <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> I try to combine latex text and lilypond scores. Lot of documentation
>>> read, but there remain two issues, I can't solve.
>>>
>>> 1) Is there any way to control vertical space between systems while
>>> using lilypond-book? In lilypond file I have ragged-bottom = ##f and
>>> some stretchability, basic and minimum distance settings, but they
>>> make no effect at all, systems are placed too close. When I compile
>>> the same file with lilypond, all looks fine. Even pageBreaks from .ly
>>> file are not respected and I can't control them from TeX side either
>>> as I just include file with \lilypondfile.
>>
>> Not enough documentation reading, I guess.  Check out
>> <URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/usage/latex> for
>> description and applications of the \betweenLilyPondSystem macro.
>
> Yes and the key concept here is that systems become images. Two
> systems = two images. Skylines do not work here, that's why for
> multi-system music is better to insert a single image for the whole
> score. LilyPond-Book is perfect for single-line fragments.

It should just inform lilypond-book of things like spacing between
systems and forced breaks, and lilypond-book could in turn tell LaTeX
what is wanted.

-- 
David Kastrup