FW: Custom paper size

[Chris Crossen]

I would like to create a very wide page also. 

What is the maximum length of a line?

Thanks,
Chris

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Marek, Jan-Peter,

Thanks for the quick responses. I should have enough to work on now.

Regards,

Joe

On 6 February 2012 11:19, Jan-Peter Voigt <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Joe,
>
> I sometimes use this:
> --snip--
> #(set! paper-alist (cons '("wide" . (cons (* 15 cm) (* 3 cm))) 
> paper-alist)) \paper {
>  #(set-paper-size "wide")
> }
>
> \score {
>  \relative c'' {
>    bes4 a c b
>  }
> }
> --snip--
>
> this creates a paper "wide" of width 15cm and height 3cm.
> This format is joined to the global paper-alist and can then get 
> called in a paper block.
>
> HTH
> Cheers, Jan-Peter
>
>
> On 06.02.2012 12:03, Joseph Haig wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to set a custom paper size by specifying dimensions?
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Paper-size
>> seems to suggest that the only way is to manually edit the paper.scm 
>> file.
>>
>> What I want to do is have a very wide page so that an entire piece 
>> can fit on a single stave. The reason for this is to produce a video 
>> to go along with the music that shows a single stave scrolling left 
>> and this seems to be the best way to do it. I would be grateful to 
>> hear if anyone has done this sort of thing before or knows of a better
way.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Joe
>>
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