Re: Custom paper size

[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
> >   }
> > }
> > --snip--
> \paper {
>     paper-width = 15\cm
>     paper-height = 3\cm
> }
>
> Also does the job AFAIK and seems more intuitive for the common user I 
> would say.
> Any idea whether using paper-width/paper-heigt settings instead of 
> defining a new paper size has (unwanted) implications on other parts 
> of the lay-out that can be avoided by using the paper-alist?
yes it does the job of setting width and height, but I understand the 
docs ( 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/paper-size-and-automatic-scaling#setting-paper-size 
) that not all automatic scaling and adjusting is done.
This might not be a problem, but one should know about it.
If you try this small snippet:
--snip--
#(set! paper-alist (cons '("logo" . (cons (* 10 cm) (* 5 cm))) paper-alist))
% uncomment either set-paper-size or paper-width/-height
\paper {
% setting paper size
  %#(set-paper-size "logo")
% setting paper-width and -height
  %paper-width = 10\cm
  %paper-height = 5\cm
}
\relative c' {
  c4 e g b
}
--snip--
you can reproduce the difference.
This is the reason, I prefer the "schemish" solution.

Regards,
Jan-Peter