If you have one \header{...} block at the top level of the file
and another one included withing \score{...}, it seems that LilyPond
combines the settings from both these header blocks. This may be a
solution to your problems, since you could simply have a file with
\header{
title = "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
composer = "Who knows?"
...
}
that you include in all your .ly files and then you add the
additional information in the
\score{
...
\header{
instrument = "trombone"
}
}I think it would be a nice feature if it was possible to have several \header blocks also at the top level of a file where each new header block only added to the existing settings (if the same field is defined in several blocks, the latest one should hold, preferably with a warning print out).
/Mats
Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
Hi folks,
Thanks to the authors for a great piece of software! I'm actually able to hold my head up when I take my arrangements to band...!
There is one thing that I would love to be able to do. The band I arrange for has around 15 different parts. I have two separate files for each instrument, for example trombone.ly (which is a top level file) and trombone.notes (which holds the \notes block). I also have a score.ly file which calls all the separate \notes blocks to produce a score. (The ability to do this is very nice and far more intuitive than anything else I've used.)
This works very well, but I get frustrated managing the \header block in each .ly file. I can produce the \header block with simple cutting and pasting, but any subsequent changes are annoying, especially if they're only experimental.
I tried to get around this by creating another file called 'commonheadings.' This consisted of a definition:
commonheader = title = "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
composer = "Who knows?"
and so on. I called the file in an \include statement and then tried
\header { commonheader instrument = "trombone" }
but I got the error
syntax error, unexpected '=': title = "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
I also tried defining the commonheader block as a header block, but this wasn't allowed either.
Is there any way to achieve this? FYI, I'm using the current Debian version of 2.0.1.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cameron
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