Re: Reorganizing the contents of the \paper block

[Trevor Bača]

On 2/7/07, Cameron Horsburgh <address@hidden> wrote:
> > [Sidenote: if this proposal to collapse \paper and \alyout does make
> > sense, then we'll have to decide what to do with the fact that there's
> > a second, equally important use for \layout blocks, which is the
> > overriding of context attributes ... which is a wholly separate thing
> > from making the different settings talked about in this thread, as
> > described in 9.2.6. This sort of thing:
> >
> > \layout {
> >  ...
> >  \context {
> >    \Staff
> >
> >    \set fontSize = #-2
> >    \override Stem #'thickness = #4.0
> >    \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
> >  }
> > }
> >
>
> \layout has another function, although it may be a special case of one
> of its other uses. If a \score block contains a \midi block the
> \layout block is needed if PDF output is also desired.

Ah right. I remember that coming up a while back.

OK, duly noted. If there's support for the layout + paper -> settings
proposal, then we'll have to find a way to tell lily to produce a PDF
even when there's no \settings block. Sounds like a good candidate for
a commandline switch.



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Trevor Bača
address@hidden