Re: how to set staff size in safe mode

[Mats Bengtsson]

David Feuer wrote:
> On 3/11/07, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > This seems like a bug, so I forward it to bug-lilypond. For example,
> > #(set-global-staff-size 16)
>
> I don't understand why a few things (staff size and beaming behavior
> come to mind) need to be set using Scheme setter functions.  Why can't
> we just use global-staff-size = #16 in a paper block?

This function sets a number of different parameters. Of course, in theory it
should be possible to rewrite the program so that all these values are 
derived
from a single parameter like global-staff-size, but I guess that this 
would involve
quite a lot of hacking.

>   Speaking of
> beaming, where should I use #override-auto-beam-setting if I want to
> specify beaming behavior for the entire (polyphonic) piece?
Use #(score-override-auto-beam-setting ...) or 
#(override-auto-beam-setting ... 'Score)
as described in the section on Setting automatic beam behavior. Still, 
you have to
insert these commands together with the notes. Unfortunately, you cannot 
do it
in a \layout{...} block, which would have been a cleaner solution.

   /Mats