Re: what do you use ragged-bottom for?

[Carl Sorensen]

On 11/16/13 10:38 AM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Mr. O'Hara:
>
>My use of the ragged bottom is very particular. I use Lilypond to set
>piano
>scores for viewing on a tablet (easy page turning!). In a set of
>variations,
>some (if not all) of the variations might not be long enough to fill the
>page, and two consecutive variations would be too much. Each variation is
>started on a new page. Without the "ragged-bottom" the distance between
>the
>staves is "stretched" to occupy the entire length of the page. From page
>to
>page this change in distance confuses my "eye." With the ragged-bottom the
>distance between staves is consistent and my eye tracks comfortably.
>Another
>solution may exist. This is the one that I found and use.

If your variations are only one page long, you could achieve the same
effect with ragged-last-bottom.  Keith is asking about ragged-bottom,
which applies to every page of the score.

Thanks,

Carl