Re: Lilypond-book margins

[Christopher Meredith]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Susan Dittmar <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Quoting Christopher Meredith (address@hidden):
>> Does anyone know what to put in the lytex file to produce a PDF that is
>> 8.5x5.5 ( half US letter)?
>
> How about
>
> \paper {
>        paper-height = 21.59\cm
>        paper-width  = 13.97\cm
> }
>
> It's untested, though I successfully use something like that in a project
> of mine. Maybe width and height have to be changed, but I think you will
> find out easily ;-)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
>        Susan

I've found that lilypond-book usually ignores layout-related items in
the paper block. Besides, this wouldn't set the proper pdf page
dimensions.

I tried the geometry package (and even read the documentation!) It
seemed like I was doing everything right but for whatever reason, the
content would always be off the page. The more I tweaked, the more of
a disaster it became. Then I found the answer. It was so easy I almost
cried. The solution:

\setpapersize{custom}{5.5in}{8.5in}