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Re: bad description of -dcrop


From: Étienne Beaulé
Subject: Re: bad description of -dcrop
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:27:53 -0400

Good suggestion; perhaps "page numbers" should not be included in the list
of removed elements. How about "Compress all the music and headers in a
single-page output file without margins."?

Étienne

2018-02-26 14:47 GMT-04:00 Federico Bruni <address@hidden>:

>
>
> Il giorno lun 26 feb 2018 alle 19:31, Federico Bruni <address@hidden>
> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> In 1.2, Advanced command line options for LilyPond
>>
>> While updating the italian Usage manual I found this new option:
>>
>> @item @code{crop}
>> @tab @code{#f}
>> @tab Match the size of the normal output to the typeset image.
>>
>> The description is quite blurry and I can't come up with a good
>> translation (unless I change the words completely).
>> What is "normal output"? I know you mean the actual content, without
>> margins or tagline.
>> Then I would just say that it crops the margins and tagline (while title
>> is kept).
>>
>>
> Further to above, page numbers are removed as well.
> Basically, the whole page formatting is ignored, as the purpose is getting
> all the music in a single document (the cropped PDF is always one page).
>
> "Typeset image" might implicitly suggest that only image output is
> possible, while this works for PDF as well.
>
> I suggest this description:
> Compress all the music in a single page output file. Margins, page numbers
> and tagline are removed from the output.
>
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