lilypond-book robustness: ensure EOL at the end of @verbatim

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / user / spacing.itely

diff --git a/Documentation/user/spacing.itely b/Documentation/user/spacing.itely
index a3a46c30ef3f60386b4185ef49367a4e41951a9c..fd7e52140a37ea77a7937519301c77338f48bd81 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user/spacing.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/spacing.itely
@@ -470,6 +470,17 @@ never consider blank pages in the middle of a score.  Default:
 The value of the page number on the first page.  Default:
 @code{#1}.
 
+@item max-systems-per-page
+The maximum number of systems that will be placed on a page. This
+is currently supported only by the @code{ly:optimal-breaking} algorithm.
+Default: unset.
+
+@item min-systems-per-page
+The minimum number of systems that will be placed on a page. This
+may cause pages to be overfilled if it is made too large. This is
+currently supported only by the @code{ly:optimal-breaking} algorithm.
+Default: unset.
+
 @item page-breaking-between-system-padding
 @funindex page-breaking-between-system-padding
 
@@ -588,6 +599,13 @@ default,  for example
 The number of systems to be used for a score.
 Default: unset.
 
+@item systems-per-page
+@funindex systems-per-page
+
+The number of systems that should be placed on each page.
+This is currently supported only by the @code{ly:optimal-breaking} algorithm.
+Default: unset.
+
 @end table
 
 
@@ -1474,10 +1492,10 @@ example @code{NonMusicalPaperColumn} overrides with the special
 \overrideProperty NonMusicalPaperColumn
   #'line-break-system-details #'((X-offset . 20) (Y-offset . 40))
 
-\override NonMusicalPaperColumn
+\overrideProperty NonMusicalPaperColumn
   #'line-break-system-details #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -15)))
 
-\override NonMusicalPaperColumn
+\overrideProperty NonMusicalPaperColumn
   #'line-break-system-details #'((X-offset . 20) (Y-offset . 40)
                                  (alignment-offsets . (0 -15)))
 @end example
@@ -1915,15 +1933,16 @@ Internals Reference:
 @rinternals{SpacingSpanner},
 @rinternals{NoteSpacing},
 @rinternals{StaffSpacing},
-@rinternals{SeparationItem}.
+@rinternals{NonMusicalPaperColumn}.
 
 
 @knownissues
 
 There is no convenient mechanism to manually override spacing.  The
-following work-around may be used to insert extra space into a score.
+following work-around may be used to insert extra space into a score,
+adjusting the padding value as necessary.
 @example
- \once \override Score.SeparationItem #'padding = #1
+ \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn #'padding = #10
 @end example
 
 No work-around exists for decreasing the amount of space.
@@ -2545,9 +2564,14 @@ 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 @{