Sorry! I've added % run with % lilypond -d letter spacing-a4-letter.ly % for letter size to the top of the file.
This produces a warning that "no such internal option: letter", which I'd like to get rid of, but it works all the same. Cheers, - Graham On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:40:10 -0500 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Graham, > > This is a really good idea. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, > though. No matter whether I just run the file without options or if I > use > > lilypond -dpaper-size=\"letter\" spacing-a4-letter.ly > > the file info says the paper is A4 Portrait size. Did I invoke it > correctly to get letter size? > > Jon > > Graham Percival wrote: > > I'm preparing my old scores for online publication, but I'm > > extremely fussy about engraving. I want users on both sides of > > the Atlantic to be able to print my music easily, but this only > > works if the music looks in the same in A4 and Letter paper. > > (having page turns in random places is *not* acceptable to me :) > > > > The attached file achieves this: > > - creates A4 (default) or letter (from a command-line option) > > // shamelessly stolen from Nicholas Sceaux's scores > > > > - automatically adjusts the margins such that there's at least a > > 1cm margin. A4 has smaller horizontal margins, letter has > > smaller vertical margins. > > > > - produces a usable area (for headers, music, text) of 190mm by > > 259mm. > > > > Let me know if you can think of any improvements; I'll add it to > > LSR when I'm reasonably confident that this is the best way to go > > about this. > > > > Cheers, > > - Graham > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- > Jonathan Kulp > http://www.jonathankulp.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
