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Re: same pages in a4 and letter
From: |
Graham Percival |
Subject: |
Re: same pages in a4 and letter |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:43 -0700 |
Sorry! I've added
% run with
% lilypond -d letter spacing-a4-letter.ly
% for letter size
to the top of the file.
This produces a warning that "no such internal option: letter", which
I'd like to get rid of, but it works all the same.
Cheers,
- Graham
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:40:10 -0500
Jonathan Kulp <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Graham,
>
> This is a really good idea. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right,
> though. No matter whether I just run the file without options or if I
> use
>
> lilypond -dpaper-size=\"letter\" spacing-a4-letter.ly
>
> the file info says the paper is A4 Portrait size. Did I invoke it
> correctly to get letter size?
>
> Jon
>
> Graham Percival wrote:
> > I'm preparing my old scores for online publication, but I'm
> > extremely fussy about engraving. I want users on both sides of
> > the Atlantic to be able to print my music easily, but this only
> > works if the music looks in the same in A4 and Letter paper.
> > (having page turns in random places is *not* acceptable to me :)
> >
> > The attached file achieves this:
> > - creates A4 (default) or letter (from a command-line option)
> > // shamelessly stolen from Nicholas Sceaux's scores
> >
> > - automatically adjusts the margins such that there's at least a
> > 1cm margin. A4 has smaller horizontal margins, letter has
> > smaller vertical margins.
> >
> > - produces a usable area (for headers, music, text) of 190mm by
> > 259mm.
> >
> > Let me know if you can think of any improvements; I'll add it to
> > LSR when I'm reasonably confident that this is the best way to go
> > about this.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Graham
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Jonathan Kulp
> http://www.jonathankulp.com
- same pages in a4 and letter, Graham Percival, 2008/09/22
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- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Francisco Vila, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Jonathan Kulp, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Neil Puttock, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Patrick Horgan, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Jonathan Kulp, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Graham Percival, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Neil Puttock, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Graham Percival, 2008/09/22
- Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Neil Puttock, 2008/09/22
Re: same pages in a4 and letter, Patrick Horgan, 2008/09/22