Padmavyuha wrote:
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
Right. In my orchestral score I had to adjust the horizontal shift and
line width to accommodate the instrument names, which were running off
the left side of the page without the adjustments. I think if you play
around with line-width you'll find what you need.
Jon
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