Re: Frescobaldi 3.1.3 and landscape music

[David Wright]

On Fri 12 Feb 2021 at 08:41:15 (-0500), tim@risingdove.com wrote:
> On 11 Feb 2021 at 13:27, Aaron Hill wrote:
> > Are you using
> >    #(set-default-paper-size "a6" 'landscape)
> > or
> >    #(set-default-paper-size "a6landscape")
> I was using
> #(set-default-paper-size "letter" 'landscape)
> I changed it to 
> #(set-default-paper-size "letterlandscape")
> and it works properly. 
> 
> > The former simply rotates the content while keeping the normal paper 
> > dimensions.  The latter swaps the height and width values without 
> > rotation.
> 
> Adding another feature is fine, but why change the function of existing 
> language instead of 
> invoking the new feature with new language?

AIUI it was accepted that 2.18 had no way to set a score
in a rotated orientation without rotating the paper as well.
The problem wasn't that LP lacked the commands, but it used
them incorrectly. Unfortunately, some people had come to rely
on 'landscape rotating the paper, particularly as there were
even templates that assumed this.

Now, 2.22 handles the arguments reasonably consistently: the
first selects the paper, and the second, the optional 'landscape,
rotates the printing anticlockwise by 90°. (The examples have
their arguments annotated as markup.)

Cheers,
David.

2.22-a6-a6.pdf
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2.22-a6-a6landscape.pdf
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2.22-a6-a6-landscape.pdf
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