ptoye wrote
> I wanted to use the same layout in a number of places, so put it into a
> variable. And got an error.
>
> \version "2.19.52"
>
> \language "english"
>
> Lay = {
> \layout {
> }
> }
>
> \new Score {
> \new Staff {
> \relative
> { c'4 c c c }
> }
> }
>
>
> gives
>
> Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.19.52 [Layout.ly]...
> Processing `D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Bugs/Layout.ly'
> Parsing...
> D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Bugs/Layout.ly:6:3: error: syntax error,
> unexpected \layout
>
> \layout {
> Interpreting music...
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> Layout output to `./tmp-lilypond-PzQNTV'...
> Converting to `Layout.pdf'...
> Deleting `./tmp-lilypond-PzQNTV'...
> fatal error: failed files: "D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Bugs/Layout.ly"
> Exited with return code 1.
>
>
> Any ideas why?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
> mailto:
> lilypond@
> www.ptoye.com
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Hello Peter,
Have you looked at perhaps using style sheets to set your preferences in one
location and then use them across the places you need them?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/style-sheets
Does this help with what you'd like to do?
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