Re: Horizontal scaling of scores

[Robert Schmaus]

Hi Janek & Bill,

thanks for your replies! Both do basically what I was trying to get, but 
Janek's suggestion is more elegant.

Just for the record: I have seen the set-global-staff-size before, but 
since there is more than one score in a book, I went with the 
layout-set-staff-size parameter which according to the manual 
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Setting-the-staff-size) 
should do the same as the global parameter but just for a single \layout 
directive.
However, if I use the layout-set-staff-size, everything seems to be 
scaled except the spaces between the lines within a staff. That doesn't 
look good at all. That's why I thought the set-***-size parameters just 
control very individual parts of the score.
Anyway, now I'm not sure it's really meant that way.

Also, if I use the set-global-staff-size parameter in a 
book-environment, I get an error in the console ("unexpected SCM_TOKEN") 
but the parameter works anyway ...

Thanks again and best wishes,
Robert




Am 7/12/11 10:09 PM, schrieb Janek Warchoł:
> 2011/7/11 Robert Schmaus<address@hidden>:
> > What's happening right now is that, if space becomes too small, the
> > space between the staffs is reduced while the notes themselves stay in
> > their size, s.t. the staffs are just being "pushed into each other".
>
> I'm not sure if i understood correctly, but maybe
> #(set-global-staff-size 15)
> ?
>
> HTH,
> Janek

Am 7/12/11 12:50 AM, schrieb Bill Mooney:
> Hi,
> I'd cheat! :)
>
> #(set-paper-size "a3" 'landscape)
>
> Print the pdf on A4-landscape with 'reduce to page margins' On. Or print
> on A3 then run the output through a photocopier set to reduce to A4.
> Probably not the most elegant LP solution...! but it would keep all the
> musical elements in proportion.
>
> Cheers
> Bill