Re: LilyPond 2.6/2.4 and printing on a4 paper

[Gilles]

> 
> > Anyway, I think that A4 is the default paper size.
> 
> Yes it is the default, as my ps/pdf files are in A4 format. but the borders 
> are *very* small. At least, I think bottommargin is less than 1cm. in the 
> printout also top/left/rightmargin are very small (also about less/equal 1cm) 
> This layout looks very poor but I don't know if I have missed anything. The 
> default layout should not look that bad...
> 

Well, the layout can be anything from nice to ugly, depending on the height
of the systems, and the various values that can be set in the \paper block.
To have it done automatically for every score seems not to be an easy task.

> 
> The attached pic is the bootom of a score - complete page width and till the 
> bottom. I hope this can mak it clearer.
> 

Not really;  I don't see anything particularly odd...

Gilles