Re: songbook from Lily scores

[Graham Breed]

Zoltan Kota wrote:

> I have been using Lily for a year now, and I have several music scores
> as separate lily files. I would like to make a songbook including
> them, with cover page, table of contents, correct page numbering, etc.
> How should I start? What sectiones should I learn in documentation?
> Lilypond-book? Any useful info and tips are welcome!

I've written one thing with Lilypond-book and I'm very happy 
with it.  It just works.  It is, for now and for me, the 
killer application for LilyPond over ABC.  You put your 
LilyPond code in there with your LaTeX markup and there's 
the LilyPond in the output.  I don't have any amazing 
anecdotes to report because all it does is exactly what you 
expect.  The main bug is that it doesn't recompile the music 
if an external dependency changes, so you need to delete the 
working files.

Of course, LaTeX has its own learning curve but the stuff 
you're talking about isn't that difficult.  Lilypond-book 
itself is very simple.

If you want my example, here it is:

http://x31eq.com/magic/tripod.pdf

And the source code, if you want that:

http://x31eq.com/magic/tripod-code.zip


                        Graham