doc help: \layout

[Graham Percival]

On 2-Jun-05, at 3:47 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> (Graham, or someone else, we should really try to make sure that
> all commands and reserved words available in LilyPond are listed
> in the Index. \layout is one of those missing. Doing such an exercise
> would also help identifying what information is missing from the manual
> today.)

True, but as you note there's no doc section on \layout.

I'm only fixing urgent stuff until 2.6 is out.  Once that's out, I'll 
go back
to editing the manual -- and adding @cindex entries is the main thing
I'm doing now.

The lack of a doc section on \layout is another matter.  I'd rather not
write it, since I don't understand it...

argh, ok.  I've changed my mind; I guess this is urgent enough to do
before 2.6.


I know that you can do
\layout{
indent=1.6\cm
\context { \Staff
  foo=bar
  \override foo = #'bar
}

Can it do any other kind of operation?  Actually, for that matter, why 
does
\layout{ indent=1.6\cm }
work?  Shouldn't it be in \paper{} or \layout{ \context { \Staff }} 
instead?


Any clarify on \paper and \layout would be appreciated; I'll get one or 
two
doc sections about those done this weekend.

- Graham