Re: systems not automatically centered when line-width is set

[Federico Bruni]

2014-09-06 22:25 GMT+02:00 Federico Bruni <address@hidden>:

> 2014-09-06 21:52 GMT+02:00 Robin Bannister <address@hidden>:
>
>> Federico Bruni wrote:
>>
>>> If you compile the following example, the systems are not horizontally
>>> centered.
>>> Bug or I'm missing something?
>>>
>>> \version "2.19.13"
>>>
>>> \layout {
>>>
>>>    line-width = 160\mm
>>>
>>
>> I presume line-width is a \paper variable which
>> is only effective in a \paper block.
>>
>>
> No,  as you can see in the image I've attached it is effective in a
> \layout block.
>
>
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/the-layout-block
>> mentions "\paper variables that affect score layout"
>> but doesn't seem to provide a list.
>>
>
> It's  there:
>
> *The \paper variables that can appear in a \layout block are:*
>
> *line-width, ragged-right and ragged-last (see \paper variables for widths
> and margins)*
> *indent and short-indent (see \paper variables for shifts and indents)*
> *system-count (see \paper variables for line breaking) *
>
> If I put line-width in a \paper block, the systems are automatically
> centered.
> So, unless it's a bug, I suggest adding a sentence to the one I previously
> quoted:
>
> If line-width is set, and both left-margin and right-margin are unset,
> then the margins will be updated to center the systems on the page
> automatically.
> *Note that line-width must be in a \paper block, the margins won't be
> updated if line-width is set in the \layout block.*
>
>
>
Added:
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4149