Re: define \header

[Urs Liska]

Sorry,

a closer look showed me that your request was quite the opposite of what 
my suggestion could provide :-(

Really a \header block is a top-level expression that can't be written 
inside a \score:
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/file-structure

Sorry again, I don't see an easy solution for your question (although it 
should be possible with Scheme ...)

Urs

Am 06.04.2013 18:30, schrieb address@hidden:
> Two things:
>
> One; This looks like I would need to create a separate header file for each 
> chorale.  This might not be quite what I'd prefer.
>
> Two; I couldn't make it work anyway.
>
> When you say:
>
> "You may put your \header in a separate file and \include it where you
> want it to appear."
>
> Do you mean:
>
> \score {
>      \definedScoreStuff
>      \header {
>            \include "headerFile.ly"
>       }
> }
>
> -David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2013 3:07:51 PM
> Subject: Re: define \header
>
> You may put your \header in a separate file and \include it where you
> want it to appear.
> Does that help you?
>
> Urs
>
> Am 06.04.2013 17:02, schrieb address@hidden:
> > I think I've probably answered my own question already.
> >
> > I want to define a header block and then use the definition later.
> >
> > What I'm trying to do and why:
> >
> > I'm putting together a book of chorales for trombone quartet.  I have the music 
> > for each part defined.  Then I create \score blocks containing the 
> > '\definitions'.  With a whole book of these the \book{} block was getting a bit 
> > blinding to read.  I figured out how to define my \score blocks and then use my 
> > '\scoreDefinitions' to greatly reduce the complex look of the \book{} file.
> >
> > The \header, however, seems to require being in the final \book{} block.  That 
> > is, I can't do:
> >
> > headerOne = {
> >        title = "Title"
> >        composer = "Composer"
> >        }
> >
> > ...and then use:
> >
> > \headerOne
> >
> > ...inside a \score block.  I'm using; print-all-headers = ##t, so I can print 
> > all the title/subtitle info for each chorale.
> >
> > Depending on how I try, LilyPond throws errors like "unexpected \header" or 
> > something about a problem with a music definition.  This has led me to conclude that 
> > pre-defining things works with musical information, but not otherwise.  Headers are not 
> > musical information.
> >
> > Is there a way to do this, or am I stuck with putting the header blocks in the 
> > \book{} block?
> >
> > -David
> >
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