systems-per-page

[Simon Bailey]

Hi,

i've been using the systems-per-page layout variable for some scores
and have a question related to it.

in the piano pieces i've been working with lately, finding page
breaking has become challenging. i've generally resorted to
system-count, forced page-breaks and at times, systems-per-page. if i
can find an ideal systems-per-page count for middle pages of a score,
quite often, the first-page becomes _very_ cramped. having one system
less on the first page generally solves this problem.

is there a variable for the page layouting algorithm that can affect
the system-count for the first (and ideally also for the last) page?

ideally, i could imagine something like this:

%%%
\paper {
  systems-per-page = #5
  systems-on-firstpage = #4
  %{ -- this is if the last page would not be fully filled
  systems-on-lastpage = #3
  ragged-last-bottom = ##t
  %}
}
%%%

Is something like that possible?

regards,
sb

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