On 08/05/16 21:30, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:06:27 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: >> Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a >> score - I want to put the name of the section in front of the start >> of the staff. The problem is, as always, when you use a feature for >> what it's not intended for, you can get unexpected side effects. >> I've got four sections, so that'll mean four \score's. Will I get >> unexpected (read - unwanted) headers between the scores? Basically, >> if you don't notice the section name, you shouldn't realise that the >> music doesn't just flow on. > > I don't foresee any issues. Have you not tried it?
I have memories of the header code sticking stuff at the start of a score part ... things like the section name :-) ... exactly what I don't want to happen. I haven't tried that approach just yet, as it's majorly different from my normal style of doing things. > >> My other approach to doing this sort of thing is "\stopStaff >> \cadenzaOn ... \cadenzaOff \startStaff" but will this suppress >> things like key signature etc at the start of the line? My initial >> experiments in that respect haven't worked, although it seems >> obvious to me why. But I don't want to carry on down that route if >> it's going to turn into a rabbit's warren of tweaks and fixes to get >> right. > > Without an example of whay you've done, I wouldn't like to comment. > It seems more complicated. I use it to put text in the middle of a piece usually - some scores break the part and put the word "Coda" in the middle, or in my most recent case, "extended cadenza". I just expect if I try it at the start of a piece, it's likely to collide with a lot of the stuff lilypond "just does" for you. > >> How do other people deal with section names? Especially, how do you >> do it like the score I'm copying - at the start of the line ... > > I don't know what the score you're copying looks like. I think we've > been here before... > I'm not a visual person - I tend to describe things as text ... I was hoping someone who's done something similar would chime in - I would expect them to recognise the description if they have. I don't like repurposing stuff meant to be used otherwise - lily normally expects the section name to be *above* the score part, as part of the header, iirc. And the instrument name normally doesn't change several times per part ... :-) so if I put the section name in the instrument variable I'm not expecting it work exactly as I would like ... and it'll probably come with unwanted surprises. Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
