Manual page-breaking

[David Sumbler]

Is there a way that I can take *total* control of page breaking?

I have a file in the form:

\version "2.24.3"

\include "file1" \noPageBreak

\include "file2" \pageBreak

% lots more lines like the above

\include "fileN"

and individual files such as:

% file1

\score {

  \autoPageBreaksOff

  %music

}

Despite my autoPageBreaksOff instruction, I find that Lilypond still sometimes puts page breaks in where I don't want them.

What I want Lilypond to do is to put everything on to one page (of course with suitable warnings about compressing over-sized pages, where appropriate), and only make a page break if and where I specifically add \pageBreak, either between individual files (as shown in my example), or within the individual files.

In other words, if I have 50 individual files each with 1,000 bars, I want them all to appear on one page unless I have specified \pageBreak from place to place.  Obviously this would produce a ridiculous output, but I want to be able to have complete control over the location of page breaks.

Is there a way of disabling automatic page-breaking completely?

David