Re: insertion of current date in text string

[Tom Cloyd]

Yes, this is the solution.

Put this right below the "\version "2.11.60"" in my file...

date = #(strftime "%Y.%m.%d" (localtime (current-time))) % define a 
variable to hold the formatted date

Then....

\header {
[...]
   subsubtitle = \markup { "score version of" \date }
[...]}

This automatically datestamps my score each time I make a change and 
print a new version.

That was all I was after.

Thanks to the several folks who sent me the solution.

t.

Paul Scott wrote:
> Tom Cloyd wrote:
>   
> > OK, I've exhausted myself trying to solve another problem
> >
> > I understand that I can put a current date into a "\header{..." field
> > (or whatever they're called), by doing something like
> >
> > date = #(strftime "%Y.%m.%d" (localtime (current-time)))
> >
> > \header{
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > subsubtitle = \date
> >
> >
> > BUT, how do I do this:
> >
> > subsubtitle = { "version " + \date}
> >
> > I cannot find an example, and haven't been able to figure it out
> > empirically.
> >     
> Just add \markup.
>
> subsubtitle = \markup{ version \date }
>
> Paul Scott
>
>
>
>   


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