Re: Four Bars per Line/System, again :)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Trevor (and Nils),

> I usually have a variable called something like timeline in which I place all 
> things which apply to the score as a whole rather than to individual staves 
> or voices, things like breaks, key changes, time signature changes, special 
> bar lines, etc.  The individual items are positioned with spacer rests, and 
> the variable is included in parallel with at least one of the music voices.

For the record, one can now use tags to eliminate the need for spacer rests — 
much cleaner and more maintainable.

> So for your particular case I would define
> timeline = \repeat unfold nnn { s1*4 \break }

If you really want to FORCE [exactly] four bars per system, I think you need to 
use

    \repeat unfold nnn { \repeat unfold 4 { s1 \noBreak } \break }

> I don't consider this a hack.  It allows the actual notes to be kept separate 
> and clean.

+1
Kieren.