Re: same pages in a4 and letter

[Graham Percival]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:48:44 +0100
"Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2008/9/23 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> > Besides, -dpaper-size=\"letter\" *is* a built-in option, so lilypond
> > won't display a warning message.  The next version of this file will
> > use this method.
> 
> I notice AU says escape the quotes, but I've never had any problems
> leaving them out.

Really?  Hmm, you're on Linux, right?  That's the only thing I can
think of.  On OSX 10.4.11,

tsubasa:~/tmp gperciva$ lilypond -d paper-size=letter
spacing-a4-letter.ly 
GNU LilyPond 2.11.59
Processing `spacing-a4-letter.ly'
Parsing...
/Users/gperciva/Apps/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/ly/declarations-init.ly:93:1:
error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression beginning here
#
 (set-default-paper-size (ly:get-option 'paper-size))
Wrong type (expecting string): letter
...

Cheers,
- GRaham