Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-30 Thread Hans Aberg
On 30 Aug 2012, at 08:55, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > I always try to set the borders in my scores wide enough so that at least > everything will be readable on both A4 and Letter pages, even though the > score has been created and tested for a4 paper. > > QUESTION: > > This reminds of a questi

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-30 Thread David Kastrup
Felipe Castro writes: >> I want to make the scores available to everybody. I want users across >> the world to be able to find the music, create the PDF and print it >> with no problems on the paper they have. >> >> Specifying \paper would make the choice for the users. Printers might >> ask fo

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-30 Thread David Kastrup
Pavel Roskin writes: > Quoting David Kastrup : > >> What is wrong with specifying the paper size you want in the \paper >> block? > > I want to make the scores available to everybody. I want users across > the world to be able to find the music, create the PDF and print it > with no problems on

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Pavel Roskin wrote: Quoting David Kastrup : What is wrong with specifying the paper size you want in the \paper block? I want to make the scores available to everybody. I want users across the world to be able to find the music, create the PDF and print it with no pr

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, David Kastrup wrote: What is wrong with specifying the paper size you want in the \paper block? More often than not, the global staff size and manual tweaks are set to achieve a certain page layout. If LilyPond changed its behavior on different computers, stuff would sto

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting David Kastrup : What is wrong with specifying the paper size you want in the \paper block? I want to make the scores available to everybody. I want users across the world to be able to find the music, create the PDF and print it with no problems on the paper they have. Specifyin

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread David Kastrup
Pavel Roskin writes: > Quoting David Kastrup : > >> Pavel Roskin writes: > >>> Doesn't TeX respect LC_PAPER? >> >> No. TeX/LaTeX is letterpaper by default. You have to ask for a4paper >> in the LaTeX source (or, in plain TeX, meddle with \hsize, \vsize and >> stuff) explicitly to change the la

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting David Kastrup : Pavel Roskin writes: Doesn't TeX respect LC_PAPER? No. TeX/LaTeX is letterpaper by default. You have to ask for a4paper in the LaTeX source (or, in plain TeX, meddle with \hsize, \vsize and stuff) explicitly to change the layout. While dvips has a default paper s

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread David Kastrup
Pavel Roskin writes: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:19:48 +0200 > David Kastrup wrote: > >> Pavel Roskin writes: >> >> > Hello! >> > >> > I have noticed that Lilypond 2.16.0 uses A4 paper size even if the >> > locale is set to en_US.utf8. I can force the letter output by using >> > >> > -dpaper-siz

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:19:48 +0200 David Kastrup wrote: > Pavel Roskin writes: > > > Hello! > > > > I have noticed that Lilypond 2.16.0 uses A4 paper size even if the > > locale is set to en_US.utf8. I can force the letter output by using > > > > -dpaper-size=\"letter\" > > > > but that seems

Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

2012-08-28 Thread David Kastrup
Pavel Roskin writes: > Hello! > > I have noticed that Lilypond 2.16.0 uses A4 paper size even if the > locale is set to en_US.utf8. I can force the letter output by using > > -dpaper-size=\"letter\" > > but that seems inelegant. Is there any way to make Lilypond default to > letter pages withou