Re: footer strings

[Gilles THIBAULT]

> I would like to make the instrument name appear at the bottom of each 
> page.
> So I tried to use oddFooterMarkup as it works for all pages.
> ( if evenFooterMarkup is not defined. )
> I don't have any warning at compilation but it does not work.

If your score looks like that, there is no reasons that it doesn't work
(it works for me \version "2.11.40") :

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music =  { \repeat unfold 3 {\repeat unfold 8 { c'1 \break} 
\pageBreak } }

\paper {
     printallheaders=##f
   oddFooterMarkup = \markup \fill-line{
      \bold \concat {
       \fromproperty #'header:title " - "
       \fromproperty #'header:instrument " - "
       \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
 }}
}

\book
{
   \header { title = "The title" instrument = "clarinette" }
   \score { %% score 1
       \new Staff \music
   }
   \score { %% score 2
       \new Staff \transpose c d \music
   }
}
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BUT, it will NOT work, if you put your \header block inside the score 
definition like that :

%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\book
{
\score { %% score 1
    \new Staff \music
    \header { title = "The title" instrument = "clarinette" }
}
\score { %% score 2
   \new Staff \transpose c d \music
   \header { title = "An other title" instrument = "clarinette" }
   }
}
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See this previous message :
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-03/msg00359.html

Gilles