> Perhaps the syntax and functionality of -dcrop could be extended to > include: > > <absent> ie default #f: as now, no cropped output > -dcrop ie #t: preserve whitespace, set as one long cropped *page* > -dcrop num separate cropped *systems* by num mm of whitespace > (mm is already used as the unit of eps-box-padding) > > So anyone who relies on the current behaviour could just add 0 to > their -dcrop option. Transparent strut workarounds could be removed.
I vote against this. LilyPond's behaviour is simply broken and should be corrected. People who use struts can also easily set the staff-staff distance to zero (using the standard LilyPond paper variables). Werner
