Re: How to tell how much of the page has been printed on?

[Graham Percival]

Ed Stauff wrote:
> Is there a way to determine how much of the page LilyPond has printed 
> on?  I want to generate music notation images for use on a website, but 
> I don't want to waste a whole 8"x10" area if there's only one or two 
> lines of music.  Examining the LilyPond output by eye and trimming it by 
> hand is out of the question; I have several thousand pieces of music to 
> process.  What I mainly need to know is the page height used; the width 
> isn't as important.

Have you read the lilypond-book chapter?  Specifically, the very last 
section?  I think that's an easier way of doing this.


Cheers,
- Graham