text blocks before movements

[jeff covey]

on Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 09:15:22PM +0100%, Mats Bengtsson said:

> If you want more text, you can just add a \markup{...} block between two
> \score{...} blocks.

i have a score which has a couple of paragraphs of performance instructions
on the first page, and it would be convenient to use \book to set it.  the
"multiple movements" section of the manual just says to use:

\markup {
     ..text of second verse..
}

but if i use, for example:

\markup {
lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
}

, it's all printed on one line, scrolling off the right edge of the page.

i see from the "setting simple songs" section that i can use:

\markup {
\line{ lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod 
}
\line{ tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. ut enim ad minim 
veniam, }
\line{ quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo }
\line{ consequat. duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit 
esse }
\line{ cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. excepteur sint occaecat 
cupidatat }
\line{ non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est 
laborum. }
}

, but that doesn't work well for prose.  it looks awkward and can leave a
lot of whitespace on the ragged right side at larger paper sizes, and risk
scrolling off the page at smaller ones.

is there a way to have a batch of text in a \markup{} block automatically
wrapped, or can that only be done with lilypond-book?  i'd rather not bother
with lilypond-book for this little bit of text.  would it be possible to do
the reverse of lilypond-book, to have a \latex{} block which passes the
contents out to latex for processing and sticks the results back into the
lilypond output?  if it can't be done now, is it a feature worth sponsoring?

sincerely,

-- 
jeff covey
http://jeffcovey.net/

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