On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:35:55 -0700
Anthony Fok <f...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Karl O. Pinc <k...@meme.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps the following section could be added to the README.Debian:
> >
> > LilyPond Paper Size On Debian
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > LilyPond does not honor /etc/papersize, the system preferred page
> > size. Instead it typesets for it's default, the A4 paper size,
> > when no paper size is otherwise specified.
> >
> > A composer who wishs to ensure consistency in typeset output
> > should always specify a paper size in their *.ly input file. This
> > can be done with a ``set-paper-size`` declaration in a ``\paper``
> > block, as follows:
> >
> > ::
> > \paper {
> > #(set-paper-size "letter")
> > }
> >
> > A user who wishes to override the LilyPond default paper size may
> > do so from the command line with the ``-d`` option, as follows:
> >
> > ::
> > lilypond -dpaper-size='"letter"' foo.ly
>
> Looks good! I will include your suggested text (with minor
> modifications) to README.Debian on my next upload, likely 2.18.2-8.
On the theory that fewer words are better you might want
to change the 2 occurrences of "who wishes", above, to "wishing".
> Thank you so much for your contribution, Karl!
Thank you for listening.
Regards,
Karl <k...@meme.com>
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