-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 26/06/15 16:16, Alexander Kobel wrote: > On 2015-06-26 16:51, Peter Gentry wrote: >> Hello >> >> My paper block is % >> ----------------------------------------------------------- % set >> the paper layout for binding % footer has title and page number % >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> \paper { #(set-default-paper-size "a4" 'landscape) two-sided = >> ##t [...] } % end of paper block >> >> But the pdf output is still A4 Portrait where am I going wrong? > > Hi Peter, > > see > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/paper-size-and-au tomatic-scaling > > > > set-default-paper-size must be called at top-level, out of the > paper block; the alternative is to use set-paper-size in the paper > block: > > #(set-default-paper-size "a4" 'landscape) \paper { ... } > > %% or > > \paper { #(set-paper-size "a4" 'landscape) ... } > > > HTH, Alexander > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user > mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Thanks for this Alexander. I was having problems engraving a piece for use in a well-known online encyclopedia and had half a page of white space. A6 landscape suits the length perfectly. Regards, Martin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVkcphAAoJEAF3yXsqtyBl8AwQAMsfNXqHUK68iym0ZyMTafHw byOTtURwMI4YjdhBT5IrPcj4KZr4EK28xhjYGGJDew3Ro9mdr/n7hAfwcw+gZLjo A3393MGNdIL0Yw9Bljbqtoo1VlI5YXiDD8O6CTTu4ubCwsvH99/WYBdYSsXvOmk6 hVoyiilnCooZQxaz+IgjZ5eNmCc2dB8zIv2z5eRyT98vsEDUMZUWpZnvgJeEH855 EDspSii2r18auEOpplOLr0E4+Y4/o0F/Nzn1nESg8X3rUEwcnK/0IS8I6WSo8k9+ BxplXgFn2DhmhF4bY27qEbQmXp0fGXjXxc6U/Ja70ejQX8eQa+zqlvOxdQSgwMjw QLwDexsI25WQDfLl56GrJ2WDw2snoxo13xVpAHob0I9aHeKwYrNzJ2XAcsR2Ej/f KQluL7W7wL6PKffWwzrjpgc10ERryMDPanvvzQ+JwBU6tpGKSyJ8Zs4r9S+uR/0S 207DRyIrNUZdkwgOMGqXlzM1cOOlq2mhaQApDuPDDin96bCs7rDvC0r9pUt54evE nuEks9XG2TJUXJHp4UXbQZfjUOYVGa+P+CcynwNQVjj8Mz6ANhJeMAypRk/QTh6V 4pOtve2xzK9oAAH0398kspMUVqMGTK50GQQKxueGVHMFGloIYsSTplQSkBboWrZv j+V5M+HTiUh+6nXLM+7N =rL6i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user