Re: systems-per-page = 3 ... except on first and last pages?

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno mer 4 gen 2017 alle 23:00, Trevor Bača 
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
> I'm using ...
>
>     systems-per-page = 3
>
> ... in the \paper block of a current score.
>
> However, the big block of title text on the first page makes three 
> systems cramped. (Two would be better.) Correspondingly, fewer 
> measures of music on the last page makes each of the three systems on 
> the last page too short. (Again two systems would be better.)
>
> Is there an (inline) way to override the effect of systems-per-page 
> on only select pages?

I'm afraid that the only way is using manual \pageBreaks.

\version "2.19.53"

\header {
 title = "Hello"
}

\paper {
 indent = 0
 markup-system-spacing.padding = 30
 system-count = 17 % 68 bars divided on 17 systems = 4 bars per system
 systems-per-page = 7
}

{
 % 1st page: 3 systems
 \repeat unfold 12 R1
 \pageBreak

 % 2nd page: 7 systems;
 % 3rd page: 5 systems (\pageBreak overrides systems-per-page)
 \repeat unfold 48 R1
 \pageBreak

 % last page: 2 systems
 \repeat unfold 8 R1
}