Re: PDF metadata missing if \header is within a \bookpart block

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno ven 15 lug 2016 alle 10:47, David Kastrup <address@hidden> ha 
scritto:
> Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >  Il giorno dom 3 lug 2016 alle 14:57, Simon Albrecht
> >  <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > > >  Let me explain better.
> > > >  In a directory I have single files for each song. I want to 
> > > > compile
> > > >  each of them as a standalone PDF. But I also want to include them
> > > >  in a master file which acts as an anthology book.
> > > >  So the master file already works fine, because the \header is in
> > > >  the top level.
> > > >  The problem is with each single song, because the songs use
> > > >  \bookpart.
> > >
> > >  Well, I suppose you need to find a clever way of setting pdftitle 
> > > in
> > >  the wrapper files for the single songs. This kind of things can be
> > >  really annoying and convoluted…
> >
> >  This is going to cause me headaches. I've always fought with this 
> > sort
> >  of things in LilyPond.
> >  The problem is that I cannot include music variables within a
> >  \bookpart block.
>
> Come again?  Why wouldn't you be able to do that?

If you try to compile the file John-Doe-Anthology.ly in the _first_ set 
of files I sent yesterday you get the error:

composition-1.ily:2:1: errore: syntax error, unexpected STRING

myMusic = \relative {