Re: Add 6x9 Paper Size

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On Sep 30, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Peekay Ex wrote:

> hello
> 
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Jay Anderson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 6 x 9 in. isn't currently available. I haven't found a standard name
>> for this size. Lulu calls it 'US Trade',
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_size calls it 'octavo'. In any case
>> it seems to be a fairly common size that would be useful to add (and
>> custom sizes are clunky to add and maintain - is there a better way
>> besides modifying paper.scm?). My recommendation to add to paper.scm:
>> 
>> ("6x9" . (cons (* 6 in) (* 9 in)))
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> -----Jay
> 
> Thanks. Added as
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1949
> 
> -- 
> --
> James


#(set! paper-alist (cons '("6x9" cons (* 6 in) (* 9 in)) paper-alist))
#(set-default-paper-size "6x9")

Is a workaround that you can use without modifying paper.scm.  But, of course, 
there's nothing wrong with modifying paper.scm!

Cheers,
MS