Re: LC_PAPER and default paper size

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:19:48 +0200
David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have noticed that Lilypond 2.16.0 uses A4 paper size even if the
> > locale is set to en_US.utf8.  I can force the letter output by using
> >
> > -dpaper-size=\"letter\"
> >
> > but that seems inelegant.  Is there any way to make Lilypond
> > default to letter pages without adding anything to the command line?
> >
> > I used strace and didn't see Lilypond open any file in the home
> > directory, such as ~/.lilypondrc or something.
> >
> > Should not Lilypond respect the LC_PAPER setting from the locale?
> 
> I don't think that LilyPond should produce different output on
> different systems for whatever reason.

Doesn't TeX respect LC_PAPER?

I can understand that Lilypond should not look at any local settings to
interpret the input, as the input is Lilypond-specific.  But I don't
see why Lilypond should ignore local setting for the output.  Paper is
paper, whether it's used for text or music.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin