I would love to get an answer to this question if anyone has it: On Thu, 25 Jun 2026, Gabriel Ellsworth wrote:
> I’ve a question about paper margins. In lilypond/ly/paper-defaults-init.ly > at master > <https://github.com/lilypond/lilypond/blob/master/ly/paper-defaults-init.ly>, > I see: > left-margin-default = 15\mm % scaled to paper-size > right-margin-default = 15\mm % scaled to paper-size > > When I use *letter* (8.5x11) paper, are the *default left and right > margins* still *exactly* 15 mm? > > (The default margins appear to be exactly 15 mm in my testing, but I’m > not sure whether LilyPond is doing a small amount of scaling away from > 15.0000 mm.) > And thanks, Kieren! On Fri, 26 Jun 2026, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > But I’d be happy to post both this approach and the LaTeX approach on > the Wiki. Some LilyPond users reading the Wiki might find your > \soft-justify method more approachable (no pun intended). > > Since I used an LLM to generate the code, and did only a cursory glance > through it — you know, to at least ensure it wasn’t trying to gain root > access or anything ;) — I’m not sure it’s truly Wiki-appropriate. That makes sense, Kieren. Thanks again.
