Re: set-global-staff-size from inside Scheme function

[Phil Burfitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:42 AM
Subject: set-global-staff-size from inside Scheme function


> Hi,
>
> I have been there already, but I can't find the corresponding email, and 
> I don't recall if they actually contained a solution or only an 
> explanation of the cause of the issue. So I have to start nes.
>
> For the creation of music examples in a book I have written a function 
> \compileScore which does a number of things like munging file names, 
> cleaning up temporary files and particularly compiling different 
> versions of the file.
>
> One particular issue is that it includes appropriate style sheets 
> according to the example type (which is expressed as a variable).
> The problem is that #(set-global-staff-size) doesn't work in that 
> constellation, IISC because it's not a toplevel expression anymore.
>
> The attached files show a very stripped-down version of the stuff and 
> will probably not look very useful.
>
> But my question is: How can I set the global staff size from within the 
> included file?
>
> Best
> Urs
Have you tried #(layout-set-staff-size) ?

Phil.