David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes:
> Joe Neeman <joenee...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> So I have several questions:
>>>
>>> - Is the behaviour I am experiencing (a system spilling over onto a
>>> second page) correct or a bug? If correct, what's the best way to
>>> avoid the spillage?
>>
>> \paper {
>> ragged-last-bottom = ##f
>> }
>>
>> By default, ragged-last-bottom is ##t, so lilypond has no incentive to
>> avoid that dangling system on page 2.
>
> I don't understand this "so".
>
> The following should still be penalized since they are deficiencies even
> on a ragged bottom:
>
> a) a page which is considerably less full than the previous page
> b) every page break, and most certainly inside of a system, should carry
> a penalty, giving Lilypond some incentive to compress systems iff it
> helps to avoid using more pages than necessary.
Otherwise, the scoring does not care whether we have 5 pages with just a
single system and lots of bottom space, one full page, and 5 pages with
just a single system again.
Ragged-bottom or not, this is ugly and that should get reflected in the
scores.
--
David Kastrup
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