Jonathan: another item for you. Don't worry about the formatting or the exact spacing; just shove it in there, since NR 4 is slated for a complete rewrite in a few months.
Cheers, - Graham On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0800, Mark Polesky wrote: > Robin Bannister wrote: > > Readers are not told what size a point is; > > they have to work it out from the example given. > > So it is important to get this right: 105 mm > > Another confusion readers may have is that staff-size and > staff-height seem to be used interchangeably, for example > in NR 4.2.1 Setting the staff size. > > I propose we: > - explain conversion between pts/mm. > - stick to one or the other: staff-size or staff-height, > preferably staff-height, which is more intuitively > clear, although changing theset-global-staff-size > layout-set-staff-size function names would probably be > an unpopular choice. > > Anyway, here's an example of such a modification for > NR 4.6.1 Display spacing: > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > All layout dimensions are displayed in staff-spaces, regardless > of the units specified in the \paper or \layout block. In the > above example, paper-height has a value of 59.75 staff-spaces, > and the staff-size is 20 points (the default value). Note that: > > 1 point = (25.4/72.27) mm > 1 staff-space = (staff-size)/4 pts > = (staff-size)/4 * (25.4/72.27) mm > > so that in this case, one staff-space is approximately equal to > 1.757mm. Thus the paper-height measurement of 59.75 staff-spaces > is equivalent to 105 millimeters, the height of a6 paper in > landscape orientation. The pairs (a,b) are intervals, where a > is the lower edge and b the upper edge of the interval. > > Also see [NR 4.2.1 Setting the staff size]. > > _________________________________________________________________ > > - Mark > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > bug-lilypond mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
