Re: Adjusting length of final line

[Dave Shield]

Thanks for the suggestions - they've been very helpful.
I had been on the right track for manipulating the spacing, but had
missed the need for a "\newSpacingSection" to make these changes
active.

But the real key to fixing my live problem was actually "\stopStaff" &
"\startStaff" - that was exactly what I'd been looking for.

Many thanks both for the supportive community, and the incredibly
impressive documentation!

Dave



On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 22:32, Dave Shield <dave.shield@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>     }
> }