+2005-06-09 Graham Percival <gperlist@shaw.ca>
+
+ * Documentation/user/global.itely: added \layout docs.
+
2005-06-09 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
* lily/lily-parser-scheme.cc: add unistd.h
@menu
* Setting global staff size::
* Paper size::
-* Page layout::
+* Page formatting::
+* Score layout::
* Vertical spacing::
* Vertical spacing of piano staves::
* Horizontal spacing::
@end example
-@node Page layout
-@subsection Page layout
+@node Page formatting
+@subsection Page formatting
-@cindex page layout
+@cindex page formatting
@cindex margins
@cindex header, page
@cindex footer, page
The default layout responds to the following settings in the
@code{\paper} block.
-@cindex \paper
+@cindex @code{\paper}
@quotation
@table @code
field from the @code{\header} block on a line.
+@node Score layout
+@subsection Score layout
+
+@cindex @code{\layout}
+
+While @code{\paper} contains settings that relate to the page formatting
+of the whole document, @code{\layout} contains settings for score-specific
+layout.
+
+@example
+\layout @{
+ indent = 2.0\cm
+ \context @{ \Staff
+ minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-6 . 6
+ @}
+ \context @{ \Voice
+ \override TextScript #'padding = #1.0
+ \override Glissando #'thickness = #3
+ @}
+@}
+@end example
+
+
+@seealso
+
+This manual: @ref{Changing context default settings}
+
+
@node Vertical spacing
@subsection Vertical spacing