Re: Paper size

[Graham Percival]

On 28-Feb-06, at 2:38 AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> Graham Percival wrote:
> > if ( (\paper-option)==(paper-size $1 $2) ) then
> >   #(set-default-paper-size $1 $2)
>
> Hmmm; it would require a bit of rewiring. I guess that you do want to 
> be able  to do
>
>   \paper {
>     size = "a4"
>     linewidth = 5.0\cm %% override default
>   }
>
>
> So the defaults would have to be moved out of paper-defaults.ly, and 
> the scheme code needs to check that it doesn't overwrite anything.

What happens if we currently have
\paper{
  #(set-default-paper-size "a4"
  linewidth = 5.0\cm
}

Couldn't lily handle the size="a4" in exactly the same way as it 
handles #(set-...) ?

Cheers,
- Graham