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To avoid this situation, the space added between the systems can be limited. This feature is activated by setting to <code>#t</code> the <code>page-limit-inter-system-space</code> variable in the <code>\paper</code> block. The paper variable <code>page-limit-inter-system-space-factor</code> determines how much the space can be increased: for instance, the value <code>1.3</code> means that the space can be 30% larger than what it would be on a ragged-bottom page. <p>In the following example, if the inter system space were not limited, the second system of page 1 would be placed at the page bottom. By activating the space limitation, the second system is placed closer to the first one. By setting <code>page-limit-inter-system-space-factor</code> to <code>1</code>, the spacing would the same as on a ragged-bottom page, like the last one. <pre class="verbatim"> #(set-default-paper-size "a6") \book { \paper { page-limit-inter-system-space = ##t page-limit-inter-system-space-factor = 1.3 oddFooterMarkup = \markup "page bottom" evenFooterMarkup = \markup "page bottom" oddHeaderMarkup = \markup \fill-line { "page top" \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string } evenHeaderMarkup = \markup \fill-line { "page top" \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string } } \new Staff << \repeat unfold 4 { g'4 g' g' g' \break } { s1*2 \pageBreak } >> } </pre> <p> <a href="../f3/lily-eaeb92b7.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../f3/lily-eaeb92b7.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning.html#Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning">Explicit staff and system positioning</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system.html#Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system">Vertical spacing inside a system</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Vertical-spacing.html#Vertical-spacing">Vertical spacing</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> </BODY></html>