The value of the page number of the first page. Default is@tie{}1.
@funindex printfirst-page-number
-@item printfirst-page-number
+@item print-first-page-number
If set to true, will print the page number in the first page. Default is
false.
@funindex print-page-number
@item print-page-number
-If set to true, page numbers will be printed.
+If set to false, page numbers will not be printed. Default is true.
@funindex paper-width
@item paper-width
-The width of the page.
+The width of the page. The default is taken from the current paper size,
+see @ref{Paper size}.
@funindex paper-height
@item paper-height
-The height of the page.
+The height of the page. The default is taken from the current paper size,
+see @ref{Paper size}.
@funindex top-margin
@item top-margin
-Margin between header and top of the page.
+Margin between header and top of the page. Default is@tie{}5mm.
@funindex bottom-margin
@item bottom-margin
-Margin between footer and bottom of the page.
+Margin between footer and bottom of the page. Default is@tie{}6mm.
@funindex left-margin
@item left-margin
-Margin between the left side of the page and the beginning of the music.
+Margin between the left side of the page and the beginning of the
+music. Unset by default, which means that the margins is determined
+based on the @code{paper-width} and @code{line-width} to center the
+score on the paper.
@funindex line-width
@item line-width
-The length of the systems.
+The length of the systems. Default is $code{paper-width} minus @tie{}20mm.
@funindex head-separation
@item head-separation
-Distance between the top-most music system and the page header.
+Distance between the top-most music system and the page header. Default
+is@tie{}4mm.
@funindex foot-separation
@item foot-separation
-Distance between the bottom-most music system and the page footer.
+Distance between the bottom-most music system and the page
+footer. Default is@tie{}4mm.
@funindex page-top-space
Distance from the top of the printable area to the center of the first
staff. This only works for staves which are vertically small. Big staves
are set with the top of their bounding box aligned to the top of the
-printable area.
+printable area. Default is@tie{}12mm.
@funindex ragged-bottom
@item ragged-bottom
If set to true, systems will not be spread vertically across the page. This
-does not affect the last page.
+does not affect the last page. Default is false.
This should be set to true for pieces that have only two or three
systems per page, for example orchestral scores.
@funindex ragged-last-bottom
@item ragged-last-bottom
-If set to false, systems will be spread vertically to fill the last page.
+If set to false, systems will be spread vertically to fill the last
+page. Default is true.
Pieces that amply fill two pages or more should have this set to
true.
@funindex system-count
@item system-count
This variable, if set, specifies into how many lines a score should be
-broken.
+broken. Unset by default.
@funindex between-system-space
@item between-system-space
This dimensions determines the distance between systems. It is the
ideal distance between the center of the bottom staff of one system
-and the center of the top staff of the next system.
+and the center of the top staff of the next system. Default is@tie{}20mm.
Increasing this will provide a more even appearance of the page at the
cost of using more vertical space.
@item between-system-padding
This dimension is the minimum amount of white space that will always
be present between the bottom-most symbol of one system, and the
-top-most of the next system.
+top-most of the next system. Default is@tie{}4mm.
Increasing this will put systems whose bounding boxes almost touch
farther apart.
All systems (including titles and system separators) are shifted by
this amount to the right. Page markup, such as headers and footers are
not affected by this. The purpose of this variable is to make space
-for instrument names at the left.
+for instrument names at the left. Default is@tie{}0.
@funindex after-title-space
@item after-title-space
-Amount of space between the title and the first system.
+Amount of space between the title and the first system. Default is@tie{}5mm.
-@funindex after-title-space
+@funindex before-title-space
@item before-title-space
Amount of space between the last system of the previous piece and the
-title of the next.
+title of the next. Default is@tie{}10mm.
@funindex between-title-space
@item between-title-space
Amount of space between consecutive titles (e.g., the title of the
-book and the title of a piece).
+book and the title of a piece). Default is@tie{}2mm.
@funindex printallheaders
@item printallheaders
@funindex systemSeparatorMarkup
@item systemSeparatorMarkup
This contains a markup object, which will be inserted between
-systems. This is often used for orchestral scores.
+systems. This is often used for orchestral scores. Unset by default.
The markup command @code{\slashSeparator} is provided as a sensible
default, for example