Re: Page layout issues setting Preces & Responses (or, how to remove line breaks between \score blocks)

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On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Benedict Singer wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been away from Lilypond for a while (I used it as a composer to set my 
> pieces, and composition has taken a back seat for a few years). I just want 
> to say that looking at the new features in 2.14 (and in 2.12 before that), 
> it's incredible what everyone has done, so much thanks!
> 

Welcome back!

> Alternatively, do I need to play games with stopping/starting staffs and 
> reprinting clefs/key signatures? If so, how do I make it look exactly like 
> the start of a new system (brackets, possibly instrument names, etc)?

This is a fairly difficult job for lilypond to do - I'm not sure if there's an 
issue on our isuse tracker open for this, but it's worth e-mailing the bug list 
just to check.

A quick idea (you'd have to make it un-ugly, but the functionality is there):

\version "2.14.0"

preface = \markup {
 \general-align #Y #CENTER { \score { { \mark "Priest" a' a' a' } \layout {} } 
ALTO }
}

\score {
\new ChoralStaff <<
\new Staff
 \with {
   instrumentName = \preface
 }
 { a' a' a' a' }
 \new Staff { R1 }
>> 
 \layout { indent = 40 }
}

Cheers,
MS