Re: stretchable systems

[Kris Shaffer]

Yes, this is possible.  See section 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 of the manual for  
instructions on using minimumVerticalExtent and VerticalAlignment  
#'forced-distance.

You can also try making each staff a little smaller to fit the third  
system, if you prefer.

--
Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
www.shaffermusic.com


On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:42:25 -0400, Nicolas Sceaux  
<address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Considering a piece with N-staff systems, with no room on a page for 3
> systems, only for two, but with lot of space left, I can't find if it is
> possible to automatically enlarge (I hope that this word won't make this
> message marked as spam) the space between staves in a system, up to a
> certain distance, so that there should be less space between the two
> systems.
>
> Before:
> ----- page -----
> /==
> |==
> \==
>
>
>
>
>
> /==
> |==
> \==
> ----- page -----
>
> After:
> ----- page -----
> /==
> |
> |==
> |
> \==
>
> /==
> |
> |==
> |
> \==
> ----- page -----
>
> If this does not exist yet, but is sponsorable, I'm interested.
>
> nicolas
>
> PS: is there a problem with the mailing list search page? Searching on
> "staff" gives 0 results:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=staff&idxname=lilypond-user&max=10&result=normal&sort=score
>
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