@node Page breaking
@subsection Page breaking
-The default page breaking may be overriden by inserting
+The default page breaking may be overridden by inserting
@code{\pageBreak} or @code{\noPageBreak} commands. These commands are
analogous to @code{\break} and @code{\noBreak}. They should be
inserted at a bar line. These commands force and forbid a page-break
The @code{ly:minimal-breaking} function performs minimal computations to
calculate the page breaking: it fills a page with as many systems as
-possible before moving to the next one. Thus, it may be prefered for
+possible before moving to the next one. Thus, it may be preferred for
scores with many pages, where the other page breaking functions could be
too slow or memory demanding, or a lot of texts. It is enabled using:
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f
@end example
-When @code{line-break-permission} is overriden to false, Lily will insert
+When @code{line-break-permission} is overridden to false, Lily will insert
line breaks at explicit @code{\break} commands and nowhere else. When
-@code{page-break-permission} is overriden to false, Lily will insert
+@code{page-break-permission} is overridden to false, Lily will insert
page breaks at explicit @code{\pageBreak} commands and nowhere else.
@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
@end example
When only a couple of flat systems are placed on a page, the resulting
-vertical spacing may be non-eleguant: one system at the top of the page,
+vertical spacing may be non-elegant: one system at the top of the page,
and the other at the bottom, with a huge gap between them. To avoid this
situation, the space added between the systems can be limited. This
feature is activated by setting to @code{#t} the
The @code{ragged-bottom} property adds space between systems, while
the two-pass technique adds space between staves inside a system.
-To allow this behaviour, a @code{tweak-key} variable has to be set in
+To allow this behavior, a @code{tweak-key} variable has to be set in
each score @code{\layout} block, and the tweaks included in each score
music, using the @code{\scoreTweak} music function.
TODO: this example doesn't work any more ?
By default, outside-staff objects are placed without regard to
-their horizontal distance from the previously-posititioned grobs. This
+their horizontal distance from the previously-positioned grobs. This
can lead to situations in which objects are placed very close to each
other horizontally. Setting @code{outside-staff-horizontal-padding}
causes an object to be offset vertically so that such a situation
@subsection Horizontal spacing overview
The spacing engine translates differences in durations into stretchable
-distances (@q{springs}) of differring lengths. Longer durations get
+distances (@q{springs}) of differing lengths. Longer durations get
more space, shorter durations get less. The shortest durations get a
fixed amount of space (which is controlled by
@code{shortest-duration-space} in the @internalsref{SpacingSpanner}
equivalent to its rhythmic duration. This type of proportional spacing
is comparable to horizontal spacing on top of graph paper. Some late
20th- and early 21st-century scores use proportional notation to
-clarify complex rhythmic relationships or to faciliate the placement
+clarify complex rhythmic relationships or to facilitate the placement
of timelines or other graphics directly in the score.
LilyPond supports five different settings for proportional notation,
lives in @code{Score}. Recall that context settings appear in one of
three locations in our input file -- in a @code{\with} block, in a
@code{\context} block, or directly in music entry
-preceeded by the @code{\set} command. As with all
+preceded by the @code{\set} command. As with all
context settings, users can pick which of the three different
locations they would like to set @code{proportionalNotationDuration}.
@end lilypond
Nonmusical elements like time signatures, key signatures, clefs and
-accidentals are problemmatic in proportional notation. None of these
+accidentals are problematic in proportional notation. None of these
elements has rhythmic duration. But all of these elements consume
horizontal space. Different proportional scores approach these
problems differently.
@node Page breaks
@subsection Page breaks
-The default page breaking may be overriden by inserting
+The default page breaking may be overridden by inserting
@code{\pageBreak} or @code{\noPageBreak} commands.
These commands are analogous to the @code{\break} and
-@code{\noBreak} commands discused above and force or forbid
+@code{\noBreak} commands discussed above and force or forbid
a page-break at the point where they are inserted.
Of course, the @code{\pageBreak} command also forces a line break.
Like @code{\break}, the @code{\pageBreak} command is effective only
@item
Alter the horizontal spacing via @code{SpacingSpanner}. See
@ruser{Changing horizontal spacing}, for more details. Here's
-an example first showing the default behaviour:
+an example first showing the default behavior:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right]
\score {
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