Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

[Pavel Roskin]

Quoting David Kastrup <address@hidden>:

> What is wrong with specifying the paper size you want in the \paper
> block?

I want to make the scores available to everybody.  I want users across  
the world to be able to find the music, create the PDF and print it  
with no problems on the paper they have.

Specifying \paper would make the choice for the users.  Printers might  
ask for paper that is not readily available.  Actually, Mutopia  
doesn't want \paper to be specified.

> More often than not, the global staff size and manual tweaks are set to
> achieve a certain page layout.  If LilyPond changed its behavior on
> different computers, stuff would stop working without the user having a
> clue that this was not intended output.

Now that's a strong argument against LC_PAPER.  I'm guilty of making  
such tweaks too.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin