Re: same pages in a4 and letter

[Jonathan Kulp]

Awesome!!  I like it, Graham!  Worked perfectly with that command. 
Thanks for sharing.

Jon

Graham Percival wrote:
> 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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