On 25/02/17 20:59, Simon Albrecht wrote: > Am 25.02.2017 um 21:02 schrieb Chad Linsley: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm a Lilypond noob and am trying to customize the header. How do I >> override the "Dedication" so that it aligns left and not centre? > > The way I understand it you want the dedication field placed on the left > of the page, right? For that you need to change the paper variable > bookTitleMarkup, which is explained on > <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/custom-headers-footers-and-titles#custom-layout-for-title-blocks>. > Unfortunately, I’m not at my machine and need to ask others to give more > specific advice – unless you can figure it out on your own. > Speaking of ‘figure it out on your own’ – it’s incredibly helpful to > have read the entire Learning Manual carefully (unless you already > have). Many questions will be answered there. For more information on > the markup commands required for customising bookTitleMarkup see > <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text>. > I'm not sure where in the lily source you will find the definition of bookTitleMarkup, but I've done exactly that. I've stuck that definition in its own .ily file, and I just %include that file at the start of my \paper definition. Works a treat (I always put the instrument on the left, not lily's centre default).
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