Re: Line breaks not working despite using \break

[Mark Knoop]

At 11:46 on 15 Mar 2021, Robert Blackstone wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I’m presently struggling with a keyboard score and I know exactly where line 
> breaks have to be inserted to make the score readable. So I enter \break at 
> those points, in all voices, but it does not work at all. The result is a 
> cluttered, ugly and for the pianist practically unreadable score.
>
> Does any of you know another way to force a line break? I’m using TeXShop on my Mac. 
> Usually "\break" works perfectly.

Things to check when \break doesn't work:

- breaks must be at a bar-line, include \bar "" if you want one mid-bar

- are you using bar-checks? often a failed break is a symptom of an error in 
the entry of durations

- some things are not breakable by default (Beams, note durations), see here 
for solutions.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/line-breaking

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Mark Knoop