Re: Indentation

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Don Blaheta <address@hidden> writes:

> How do I un-indent that first line of my lilypond output?  I looked up
> "indent" in the index, and found section 10.1.9 of the documentation, so
> I know that there is a "most basic setting" named "indent" that is "set
> in the \layout block", but nowhere do I found *how* to set it in the
> \layout block.  As far as I can tell from the index, the only time the
> \layout block is described in the documentation, it's to note that you
> need one (empty) if you also have a \midi block.
>
> Is indent some sort of property?  Of what exactly?  Do I use \override
> here?  I'm so confused.  I know it can be done, and I think I may have
> even done it at some point, but I can't find it now.

Try adding a \layout block to your \score block with the following
contents:

\layout {
    indent = #0
}

E.g., 

\score {
  <<
    ... mymusic ...
  >>
  \layout {
    indent = #0
  }
}

-- 
Michael Welsh Duggan
(address@hidden)