Re: Adjusting length of final line

[Valentin Petzel]

Hello Dave,

Maybe use somthing like this:

%========= example =============
\version "2.22.1"

scale     = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c }
halfscale = \relative c' {  c d e f \noBreak \stopStaff\cadenzaOn \hideNotes c 
c c c \startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" \cadenzaOff }

\score {
    \new Staff {
        \scale          \break
        \scale          \break
        \halfscale
    }

    \layout {
        %  If set '##f', the last line is stretched across the full page,
        %     and looks much too sparse
        %  If set '##t', the last line is compressed into a minimal width,
        %     and looks much too compact
        %  How can this line be scaled to occupy about half the page width
        %     and hence have the same spacing as the rest of the piece?
        ragged-last         = ##f
    }
}

The \cadenzaOn/Off and the \startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" part are not strictly 
necessary, but makes this compatible with single bar excerpts not at the end 
of a line, so if this part should be followed by another line. The 
\startStaff\unHideNotes\bar"" is responsible for showing stuff again, the 
\cadenzaOn/Off is responsible for stopping Timing and thus not making that 
extra measure count.

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Montag, 19. Juni 2023, 23:32:06 CEST schrieb Dave Shield:
> I've been trying to adjust the width of the final line of a piece,
> where lines are being explicitly broken at specific points, and the
> last line would naturally be significantly shorter than the others.
>    If I use a non-ragged layout, the final line ends up overstretched
> and looks ridiculous - if I turn on "ragged-last" then the final line
> is compressed much more than the others.   How can I get the general
> spacing of the last line to be similar to the other lines in the
> following example?  (i.e. roughly half the width of the page).
> 
> I can't help feeling I'm missing something obvious, but nothing I've
> tried so far seems to work.   Where am I going wrong?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> ========= example =============
> \version "2.22.1"
> 
> scale     = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c }
> halfscale = \relative c' { c d e f         }
> 
> \score {
>     \new Staff {
>         \scale          \break
>         \scale          \break
>         \halfscale
>     }
> 
>     \layout {
>         %  If set '##f', the last line is stretched across the full page,
>         %     and looks much too sparse
>         %  If set '##t', the last line is compressed into a minimal width,
>         %     and looks much too compact
>         %  How can this line be scaled to occupy about half the page width
>         %     and hence have the same spacing as the rest of the piece?
>         ragged-last         = ##t
>     }
> }

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