Re: same pages in a4 and letter

[Neil Puttock]

2008/9/23 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> 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
> ...

Actually, scrub that... I've just realized it's because I always use
LilyPondTool's console when invoking command line options. :)

Regards,
Neil