Re: Page formating for book layout

[steve]

      Thanx thats it! I ended up doing something like this

  top-system-spacing =
                #'((basic-distance . 20)
                   (minimum-distance . 20)
                   (padding . 0))

       which seems to work ok.

      -steve

> 2013/6/3 <address@hidden>
>
>>
>>   Howdy!
>>
>>             I have a set of variations (BWV 988) that I have transcribed
>> and engraved
>> with lilypond version 2.16.2. It is printed on both sides of the page
>> and
>> reads like a
>> book.  I have a \bookpart for each variation. Each variation starts on
>> the
>> left page
>> and has  a title and other custom \header stuff.  Each variation is
>> either
>> on
>> 2 pages or 4 pages. I want the top system on the right hand page to line
>> up with
>>  the top system on the left page when space allows. How to do this? I
>> simply
>> want to set the top-margin somehow only on these pages... is this
>> possible
>> without
>> messing up top-margin on the "title" page? Or what is the correct way to
>> do this?
>>
>>          thanx - steve
>>
>>
> Hi Steve
>
> the answer is top-system-spacing
>
> see this example:
>
> \version "2.16.2"
>
>
> \paper {
>
> top-system-spacing = #'((padding . 3.5))
>
> }
>
>
> \markup { \null }
>
> \pageBreak
>
>
> \bookpart {
>
> \header {
>
> title = "Part 1"
>
> }
>
> \repeat unfold 100 { c1*4 }
>
> }
>
>
> \bookpart {
>
> \header {
>
> title = "Part 2"
>
> }
>
> \repeat unfold 100 { d1*4 }
> }
>