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10.1.9 Line length

The most basic settings influencing the spacing are indent and linewidth. They are set in the \layout block. They control the indentation of the first line of music, and the lengths of the lines.

If raggedright is set to true in the \layout block, then the lines are justified at their natural length. This is useful for short fragments, and for checking how tight the natural spacing is.

The option raggedlast is similar to raggedright, but only affects the last line of the piece. No restrictions are put on that line. The result is similar to formatting text paragraphs. In a paragraph, the last line simply takes its natural length.

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