Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-08 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hello Hans, On 07.02.2012 20:42, Hans Aikema wrote: On 6-2-2012 12:19, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote: Hello Joe, I sometimes use this: --snip-- #(set! paper-alist (cons '(wide . (cons (* 15 cm) (* 3 cm))) paper-alist)) \paper { #(set-paper-size wide) } \score { \relative c'' { bes4 a c b

Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-07 Thread Hans Aikema
On 6-2-2012 12:19, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote: Hello Joe, I sometimes use this: --snip-- #(set! paper-alist (cons '(wide . (cons (* 15 cm) (* 3 cm))) paper-alist)) \paper { #(set-paper-size wide) } \score { \relative c'' { bes4 a c b } } --snip-- \paper { paper-width = 15\cm

Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Joseph Haig
Is it possible to set a custom paper size by specifying dimensions? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Paper-size seems to suggest that the only way is to manually edit the paper.scm file. What I want to do is have a very wide page so that an entire piece can fit

Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Marek Klein
Hello, 2012/2/6 Joseph Haig josephh...@gmail.com What I want to do is have a very wide page so that an entire piece can fit on a single stave. The reason for this is to produce a video to go along with the music that shows a single stave scrolling left and this seems to be the best way to do

Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
to the global paper-alist and can then get called in a paper block. HTH Cheers, Jan-Peter On 06.02.2012 12:03, Joseph Haig wrote: Is it possible to set a custom paper size by specifying dimensions? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Paper-size seems to suggest that the only way

Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Joseph Haig
Haig wrote: Is it possible to set a custom paper size by specifying dimensions? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Paper-size seems to suggest that the only way is to manually edit the paper.scm file. What I want to do is have a very wide page so that an entire piece can

FW: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Chris Crossen
:27 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Custom paper size Marek, Jan-Peter, Thanks for the quick responses. I should have enough to work on now. Regards, Joe On 6 February 2012 11:19, Jan-Peter Voigt jp.vo...@gmx.de wrote: Hello Joe, I sometimes use this: --snip-- #(set! paper-alist

Re: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Nick Payne
On 06/02/12 22:03, Joseph Haig wrote: Is it possible to set a custom paper size by specifying dimensions? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Paper-size seems to suggest that the only way is to manually edit the paper.scm file. What I want to do is have a very wide page so

Re: FW: Custom paper size

2012-02-06 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
On 06.02.2012 18:32, Chris Crossen wrote: I would like to create a very wide page also. What is the maximum length of a line? Thanks, Chris Hi Chris, AFAIK the only limit is available Memory for processing. You only have to calculate width and height in cm or in(ch), lilypond doesn't know

Re: Having trouble with custom paper size/layout

2007-07-04 Thread Germain G. Ivanoff-Trinadtzaty
Arvid wrote : ... Slightly off-topic, the spacing can get somewhat strange when typesetting multi-staff vocal music on minimal space, like in these cases. Nothing I can easily reproduce in a minimal bug report, just a bit too wide at times. Has anyone else seen this? (That's with 2.11 and

Re: Having trouble with custom paper size/layout

2007-07-03 Thread arvidgr
Eric Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm currently working on a vocal score. I'd like to lay out the music on legal paper, landscape, with two pages per sheet. Like this laughable excuse for ASCII art: - |Title| | | === |

Having trouble with custom paper size/layout

2007-06-29 Thread Eric Schwartz
Hi everyone. I'm still a relative newcomer to Lilypond, but I just want to say first off that lurking in this newsgroup has been a tremendous asset as I learn. I'm currently working on a vocal score. I'd like to lay out the music on legal paper, landscape, with two pages per sheet. Like this

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-05-30 Thread Panteck
in context: http://www.nabble.com/Producing+postscript+for+custom+paper+size+%289x12%22+manuscript+paper%29--t1388381.html#a4632952 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-05-30 Thread John Hawkinson
Panteck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 30 May 2006 at 12:15:25 -0700 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry to resurrect this thread again, but I've been busy with work and haven't had time to read the list lately :) Well, I think I mentioned on lilypond-devel that I would finall have time to work on

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-10 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
and the PDF is behaving itself in Adobe Reader. BTW Finale calls this page size Concert, and yes it is a standard, the wikipedia is wrong/incomplete. thanks Rick -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Producing-postscript-for-custom-paper-size-%289x12%22-manuscript-paper%29--t1388381

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 09:15:59AM -0700, Rick Hansen (aka RickH) scripsit: I really need to be able to print my work on standard 9x12 sheet music paper too. But I dont understand how to make the code changes you've done without breaking my installation. I'm presuming it works for you now

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-10 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
extents for LP. Are the PDF header writing modifications that you tried still needed in future versions to make 9x12 work? thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Producing-postscript-for-custom-paper-size-%289x12%22-manuscript-paper%29--t1388381.html#a3848372 Sent from

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-10 Thread John Hawkinson
[ Replies to Rick's two messages as well as Graydon's, all together. ] Rick Hansen (aka RickH) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 at 09:15:59 -0700 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Rick Hansen (aka RickH) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lilypond-user@gnu.org ... John, A note on email style here --

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-04 Thread John Hawkinson
Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 4 Apr 2006 at 12:41:47 +0200 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: should be generating a %%DocumentMedia comment, which can include it does, at least 2.8 does. Whoops, so it does. Sorry about that. I don't think there were any printer-specifics in the

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
John Hawkinson schreef: Would you prefer to treat it as an option like 'landscape? E.g.: #(set-default-paper-size manuscript 'manualfeed) My impression is that this is just an extra option that won't benefit anyone and would cause confusion, since I don't think anyone would not want

Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread John Hawkinson
Hello; I'm new to Lilypond. I spent a while trying to make LilyPond print to 9x12 inch paper (a relatively standard size for manuscript staff paper), and I ran into a bunch of snags and hiccups. Hopefully how I solved them is helpful, and perhaps someone could advise me on a better way.

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread John Hawkinson
I [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 at 13:54:27 -0400 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I wasn't very happy forcing /ManualFeed true, but without that, my printer produced a configuration error because it could not find the right paper size. Setting various keys in the /Policies dictionary

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
John Hawkinson wrote: I guess my question for lilypond-users is: Is there some correct way for me to extend (write-preamble) without editing framework-ps.scm? Is there some sort of hook I can use in GUILE to modify the existing function definition to add my

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
in the US. But 9x12 is widely available and makes great music paper. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Producing-postscript-for-custom-paper-size-%289x12%22-manuscript-paper%29--t1388381.html#a3737358 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread John Hawkinson
Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 4 Apr 2006 at 01:03:32 +0200 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there some correct way for me to extend (write-preamble) without editing framework-ps.scm? Is there some sort of hook I can use in GUILE to modify the existing function

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12 manuscript paper)?

2006-04-03 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
arrangements. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Producing-postscript-for-custom-paper-size-%289x12%22-manuscript-paper%29--t1388381.html#a3738334 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: custom paper size

2003-01-09 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Since ly2dvi only knows about a few specific paper sizes and gives fairly limited flexibility to determine the paye layout in general, I recommend to typeset your book using LaTeX and lilypond-book. The following line in the header of the file should give the correct page size: