> > I am using Lilypond 1.5.64, and I need to change the average distance > > between consecutive notes in a score. The score I am typesetting takes 45 > > pages (!), but Lily places often only 2 or 3 widely spaced bars per line. > > I would like to force Lily to shrink a bit the whole thing to get 4 or 5 > > bars per line. > > If you think that Lilypond gives too wide spacing, please send > an example to the list so the problem can be solved. > However, if you want to tweak the default layout yourself, > you could try some different options: > > - Simply use a smaller size: \include "paper16.ly" > - Try to tweak some of the properties of the SpacingSpanner, > see the on-line documentation of the Lilypond internals. > - Change the default linewidth.
Thank you for the tips, Mats. I already use "paper16.ly" and the line width seems to be ok, so I will try modify some SpacingSpanner properties. I shall send you tomorrow a PNG image containing an example. Maurizio _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
