Re: Advice concerning multiple editions

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Ralph,

Here are my suggestions.

> Some background:
> I have a collection of over 500 tunes (mostly 32 bars) that I've transposed 
> and would like to share as PDFs via the internet. I'm planning on 4 formats:
> 1) small font, for myself, all the tunes as a collection;
> 2) large font, for the public, most of the tunes, as individual tunes;
> 3) large font, for the public, most of the tunes as a collection; and
> 4) small font, for the public, most of the tunes as a collection.

So far, so good.

> The line and page breaking for the collections will vary among the three 
> collections.

Here, the edition-engraver (EE) works quite well: you can create a shared break 
set (e.g. "4 systems of 4 bars each") or a break set for individual songs, as 
you need.

> The titleing will also vary between large font and small font versions of the 
> tunes.

You just need to create one scoreTitleMarkup and bookTitleMarkup for each of 
the four formats.

> Some of the tunes have multiple names, so I would like to have an index, 
> preferably at the beginning of the document. Also some introductory text 
> (probably no more than a couple of pages) and, if possible, Tables of 
> Contents by tune type (jig, reel, waltz, etc.).

Personally, I would generate all of the PDFs in Lilypond, and then use LaTeX to 
add text and bind it all up.
That doesn't, of course, solve the problem of an automated index — I have no 
experience with that, and thus am of no help there.

> The music is the same in all versions; i.e., notes, clefs, slurs, ties, 
> dynamics, repeats, etc.

That does make it easier (although the EE is great for managing differences 
between editions, e.g. performance clef versus full score clef).

> My problem at the moment is that I do not know if I can index within LilyPond 
> (with multiple names per tune)

I believe you can… but, again, I have no personal experience to share.

> what the most efficient way is of dealing with the line and page breaking and 
> titleing issues.

Either the EE (as suggested above), or David K's \bar-keeper function.

Best of luck! Looking forward to hearing what you end up doing, and how well it 
went.

Best regards,
Kieren.
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