Am 17.01.2013 22:41, schrieb David Kastrup: >> it may be a bit pedantic, but what is the definition of a point on this >> page? >> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/setting-the-staff-size.html >> >> … DTP point …? > > More likely a TeX pt, namely 2540:7227 mm > Ok, that makes sense.
>> Is the pt or the mm value the more exact one? > > I don't understand the question. I meant, there is probably a source that says that e.g. standard parts should be written with a staff height of 20 pt (and 7 mm is just a rounded conversion) or it says that they should have a staff height of 7 mm (and 20 pt is the rounded conversion). So for further conversions (e.g. to inch) I could use the original one, in order not to accumulate the rounding errors. (I know that those numbers are not intended to be precise to the 10th digit.) Joram _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
