Re: technique for mixing / matching tunes

[Mats Bengtsson]

Jason Addison wrote:

> What is the recommended technique for defining tunes in separate files
> so that they can be used to generate pdf with only that tune, or pdf
> wth several consecutive tunes? For example (what I'm try and failing
> with--I thing because I use variables outside of score but inside of
> book):
>
> <caution: approximate/brief lilypond syntax below>
>
> tune_a.ly:
> parta = { ... }
> partb = { ... }
> score { parta partb headerinfo }
>
> tune_b.ly
> parta = { ... }
> partb = { ... }
> score { parta partb headerinfo }
>
> tune_a-single.ly: <generated on the fly with make/sh>
> include single_tune_hdr.ly
> include tune_a.ly
>
> set_one.ly:
> include set_hdr.ly
> book {
> include tune_a.ly
> include tune_b.ly
> }
>
>  
As long as you accept to use one .ly file for each output .pdf file
(such as the set_one.ly file), there's no need at all to use the \book{...}
feature. Just remove the \book{ and corresponding right brace from the
file and I guess you get the expected result.

   /Mats