From f8a3931a86d9d0f634ba131036a8abfc0e086a5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Daniels Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:11:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: NR 4.6.2: Explain effect of system-count (cherry picked from commit 4a436d301abdb38f8889f31aed14952e63d0bfd7) --- Documentation/user/spacing.itely | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/spacing.itely b/Documentation/user/spacing.itely index 9270e31502..9f5be80e2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/spacing.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/spacing.itely @@ -2546,9 +2546,14 @@ there is no blank space at the bottom of the page. @end example @item -Force the number of systems. For example, if the default layout -has 11 systems, the following assignment will force a layout with -10 systems. +Force the number of systems. This can help in two ways. Just +setting a value, even the same value as the number of systems +being typeset by default, will sometimes cause more systems to +be fitted onto each page, as an estimation step is then bypassed, +giving a more accurate fit to each page. Also, forcing an actual +reduction in the number of systems may save a further page. For +example, if the default layout has 11 systems, the following +assignment will force a layout with 10 systems. @example \paper @{ -- 2.39.2