Re: Custom paper sizes?

[Mats Bengtsson]

So far (version 2.4.x and earlier apart from a few 2.3.xx), the final
output is produced by dvips and ps2pdf and if you run
lilypond --verbose, you will notice that lilypond tells them what
papersize to produce based on the setting of papersizename.
You may have to run lilypond --dvi and then run dvips + ps2pdf
manually with additional flags to tell them what paper size you have
(actually, it may be enough to run ps2pdf on the .ps file you get from
lilypond to give a PDF of correct size). I hope you have a printer and
printer driver that can handle this strange paper size even if you
manage to get a correct paper size in the PDF file, otherwise it doesn't
help.

   /Mats


Benjamin Esham wrote:
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> On Nov 14, 2004, at 8:27 PM, Paul Scott wrote:
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> > > Any ideas what's going on, and how I can set a custom paper size?  
> > > (Are there
> > > other variables that need to be set in \paper?)
> >
> >
> > I think you will have to set all relevant variables:  linewidth, 
> > textheight, and
> > maybe margins.  I think these are set when you set papersize or 
> > #(set-default-
> > paper-size "a4").  Also set Paper Scaling in Acrobat Reader to "None".
>
>
> OK, I tried
>
> \paper {
>     topmargin = 0.5\in
>     bottommargin = 0.5\in
>     leftmargin = 0.5\in
>     linewidth = 3.4\in
>     headsep = 0\in
>     footsep = 0\in
>     hsize = 4.4\in
>     vsize = 4.4\in
> }
>
> and the formatting seems to be OK (except for the tagline)—i.e., 
> everything is, as
> far as I can tell, within a 4.4x4.4-inch square—but the paper size 
> remains the same.
> I tried to open the PDF in Acrobat Reader, Preview, and 
> GraphicConverter, and the
> PS file in Preview, but the paper size was the same (letter-ish) in all 
> of them.
>
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