11.3.5 Explicit breaks

Lily sometimes rejects explicit \break and \pageBreak commands. There are two commands to override this behavior:

\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f

When line-break-permission is overriden to false, Lily will insert line breaks at explicit \break commands and nowhere else. When page-break-permission is overriden to false, Lily will insert page breaks at explicit \pageBreak commands and nowhere else.

     
     \paper {
       indent = #0
       ragged-right = ##t
       ragged-bottom = ##t
     }
     
     \score {
       \new Score \with {
         \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##f
         \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f
       } {
         \new Staff {
           \repeat unfold 2 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 4 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 6 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 8 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \pageBreak
           \repeat unfold 8 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 6 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 4 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 } \break
           \repeat unfold 2 { c'8 c'8 c'8 c'8 }
         }
       }
     }