[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm getting an inconsistency between points and millimeters with
> Lily. According to international definitions, a point is 1/72 inch =
> 0.3528 mm. But, when I change the units of arithmetic_multiplier from
> \pt to \mm, I need to use about 0.4 mm/pt to get the same results!
>
> I *hope* that Lily uses mm internally in accordance with SI!
> If it does, is a point defined correctly? (And, where is it defined?
> I can't find it in the /usr/share/lilypond/ly/ files...)
>
Within lilypond one point equals 1/72.27 inch exactly. dimensions are
stored in points internally, but the internal units are wholly irrelevant.
Do you have a small example that reproduces the error?
> John
>
>
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