Re: Set global staff size as command line option

[Colin Hall]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:19:18PM +0000, Colin Hall wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 11:35:45PM +0100, Xavier Scheuer wrote:
> > 
> > It would be nice to add my initial request (first message of this
> > thread) to the tracker also.  Maybe I was not clear, but that feature
> > request has its place on the tracker, isn't it?
> > 
> > On 7 December 2011 15:01, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to set global staff size as command line option?
> > > Like it is possible to specify paper size with
> > >
> > >  lilypond -dpaper-size=\"letter\"  myfile.ly
> > >
> > > I'd like a similar command line option for #(set-global-staff-size 14) .
> > > Is there a way to achieve this with current version?
> 
> Not with the same syntax as you show for paper-size, but it is possible. See 
> earlier posts and my example below.
> 
> It looks like the developers have selected some variables, including 
> paper-size, for inclusion in the ly:set-option feature. I'll create a feature 
> request and let them determine if it is possible or desireable to add 
> global-staff-size.

Added as issue 2095

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2095

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall