On 5 Feb 2009, at 18:46, Jonathan Kulp wrote:
Padmavyuha wrote:
I'm struggling (as usual with new computer languages) with learning
the syntax of the lilypond language.
I can't seem to find in the manuals or reference a clear
explanation of how to set the left-margin value in a .ly file. The
closest I got (or so I thought) was:
\paper { left-margin = 50\mm }
which is what the reference doc says, but it doesn't have any
effect on the margin. There seem to be many different ways to
trigger any particular variable, dependant on where you're putting
it in the hierarchy, and I can't figure out how this one is
supposed to work.
Help greatly appreciated...
- Padmavyuha
The left-margin adjustment works, but in the example you give it's a
rather small increment. Try changing it to something like 3\cm and
you'll see a big difference. If you're trying to make it go closer
to the edge of the page, then you could add a horizontal-shift
element to your paper block and adjust the value to your preference,
like so:
\paper {
horizontal-shift = -20
}
You can make it go right off the page with this if you want it to. :)
HTH,
Jon
Thanks, Jon, but what I'm trying to do is set the left margin further
to the right, but keep the right margin where it is - so there's space
on the left for binding. As far as I can make out from experimenting,
left-margin = 2\cm does exactly the same thing as horizontal-shift =
20. The reference doc says that right-margin doesn't do anything yet,
so I guess I'll have to play with line-width and paper-width as well
as left-margin in order to achieve my goal.
- Padmavyuha
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