Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/13 Trevor Daniels > > Let's first have an agreed-upon proposal. > > No, that's not the way it works. The issue tracker should be used > to record problems and discussions about them, not final proposals. > So first create a tracker, or two if you wish, and use that to record > opinions as

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/13 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi Janek, > >> Ah, so you must be nocturnal! I.e. you have night jobs, and sleep during >> the day - no day job at all? >> ;-) > > Actually, I have a full day job, and then tackle all my music projects at > night. > Sleep is, currently, optional at best. =\ OMG!

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Janek, > Ah, so you must be nocturnal! I.e. you have night jobs, and sleep during the > day - no day job at all? > ;-) Actually, I have a full day job, and then tackle all my music projects at night. Sleep is, currently, optional at best. =\ Cheers, Kieren.

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/13 Kieren MacMillan : > > This month, I have to engrave a complete stage musical, arrange two one-hour > stage shows, and compose an eight-minute piece for violin and harp. > And that’s not even my day job! =) Ah, so you must be nocturnal! I.e. you have night jobs, and sleep during the d

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Joram, > Not sure if I understand that. You have a lot to do? This month, I have to engrave a complete stage musical, arrange two one-hour stage shows, and compose an eight-minute piece for violin and harp. And that’s not even my day job! =) > As a first step you could just post one or seve

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Janek (et al.), > I agree with left/right margins, but not top/bottom. Top/bottom are > more tricky because you *want* to allow the page to compress when > there's really a lot of content; so the adjustment should be done > using compressible top-markup-spacing and the like. Agreed. > I sugg

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Noeck
Hi Kieren, thanks for your reply. It’s nice to see that my aesthetic feeling is not completely wrong. > I’m hoping to submit a more attractive set of defaults for consideration, the > moment I get my current engraving project done. That would be very much appreciated. > (That being said, I’ve

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/13 Trevor Daniels : > > Janek Warchoł wrote Monday, January 13, 2014 7:13 AM > >> 2014/1/13 Noeck : > >>> what is the reason that the default margins are so small? >>> Could this be added to the issue tracker? >> >> Let's first have an agreed-upon proposal. > > No, that's not the way it work

Re: page margins

2014-01-13 Thread Trevor Daniels
Janek Warchoł wrote Monday, January 13, 2014 7:13 AM > 2014/1/13 Noeck : >> what is the reason that the default margins are so small? >> Could this be added to the issue tracker? > > Let's first have an agreed-upon proposal. No, that's not the way it works. The issue tracker should be used t

Re: page margins

2014-01-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/13 Noeck : > Hi, > > what is the reason that the default margins are so small? Someone should do 'git blame' to see the commit that did this. ..actually, judging by the link you provided (http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/default-margins-tp44740p44741.html) the reason was probably to ha

Re: page margins

2014-01-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Shane, > I could take some measurements of scores to find out if > there is useful pattern more than a rule of thumb as it were. I’ve already got lots of measurements, etc. The problem is getting them into a submittable form… Cheers, Kieren. ___ li

Re: page margins

2014-01-12 Thread Shane Brandes
I agree with Kieren. Page margins are oddly narrow and that maybe due to modern habits or the paper shortages during the wars. But it should definitely be something that is examined more closely. If people are interested I could take some measurements of scores to find out if there is useful patter

Re: page margins

2014-01-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Joram, > what is the reason that the default margins are so small? I would rather say, what is the reason that almost all the defaults (margins, staff size, headers/titles, etc.) are so unattractive? ;) I’m hoping to submit a more attractive set of defaults for consideration, the moment I

Re: Page margins

2004-02-09 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Thomas Scharkowski wrote: Hi, I would like to reduce the (top and/or bottom) margins of the page (a4). "textheight" does not work. Could someone lead me to a solution? You are right! It used to work, but after a recent modification of the lilypond script, both the top and bottom margins are ha