Keith You may need to use \noBreak and \break commands to manually control the number of bars in a system. By forbidding line breaks with \noBreak at the point where the breaks currently are, you should get more bars on a line. Alternatively, if there are too many systems you could set system-count in the paper block to the number of systems you require.
Trevor > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Keith Dunsire > Sent: 12 January 2008 22:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fitting more bars in a line > > > I am attempting to transpose a victoria piece > from CPDL which is written in > Lilypond > (http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/ly/Vadam_Et_Circu > ibo_Civitatem.ly) the > PDf is > http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/pdf/Vadam_Et_Circu > ibo_Civitatem.pdf. > > I am using 2.11.something and have had to mess > around with the Ly file to get it > to print. However I can't get it to print as > compactly (7 a4 pages) as the > original PDF, as whatever I do I can't fit enough > bars on a line. > > I have used {fontSize = #-6 > \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = > #(magstep -6)} but that makes the notes > and text smaller but the bar width stays the same. > > Please can anyone suggest what I can do to fit 8 > or 9 bars per line rather than > 7 or 8. > > Thanks > > Keith > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
