From: Graham Percival <graham@percival-music.ca>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:58:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add "fit as much as possible onto this page" example.
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Add "fit as much as possible onto this page" example.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e21cd985f..1b85b6e484 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-13  Graham Percival  <gpermus@gmail.com>
+
+	* Documentation/user/global.itely: add "fit as much as
+	possible onto this page" example (Vertical spacing).
+
 2005-08-13  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <janneke@gnu.org>
 
 	* Nitpick run.
diff --git a/Documentation/user/global.itely b/Documentation/user/global.itely
index aff339c6c7..fe80b26bae 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/global.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/global.itely
@@ -481,6 +481,18 @@ will be much more useful than changing @code{minimumVerticalExtent}.
 @}
 @end example
 
+If you simply want to tell LilyPond ``fit as much as possible onto
+these pages, then expand to fill any available space on the pages,''
+then use the following
+
+@example
+\paper @{
+  betweensystempadding = #1
+  raggedbottom=##f
+  raggedlastbottom=##f
+@}
+@end example
+
 
 @seealso