Re: setting the number of pages for a score

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > > It is necessary that both the left and the right page are treated
> > > as a pair, having the same number of bars.  A good place for a page
> > > break is a larger rest in either the left or right hand of one of
> > > the two players.
> > >
> > > Hopefully, the used algorithm can be prepared to handle this --
> > > it's not necessary to implement it right now (it sounds like a
> > > sponsored feature :-) but it would be a pity if the new stuff makes
> > > it impossible to do that.
> >
> > I think the current plan is to include a page-turn-weight variable
> > that, if set to zero will cause the breaker to ignore page turns
> > entirely. You could then force breaks with \pageBreak and
> > \noPageBreak and do it manually that way. I would like to continue
> > to allow manual overrides as much as possible.
>
>
> Hmm, I don't understand your answer.  My main concern is to make
> lilypond handle the above described situation automatically --
> lilypond's normal page breaking algorithm won't work because the left
> and right page for `primo' and `secondo' have be handled
> synchronously.  

Obviously, code needs to be written for this special case, to interleave 
the pages of the two final scores. This might also be a good application 
of lp-book, btw.

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