Re: Realigning the Meter header text to the center

[William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion]

Dear Stephen,






Thanks,
-William

% ------------

\version "2.25.21"

\header {
  title="hymn title"
  composer = "composer"
  poet = "poet"
  tune = "tune name"
  meter = "C.M.D."
}

\relative c' c4

\paper {
  bookTitleMarkup = \markup {
    \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.5)
    \column {

      \fill-line { % this part is different
        \null
        \line {
          \fromproperty #'header:tune
          \fromproperty #'header:meter
        }
        \null
      }
      \fill-line { \fromproperty #'header:dedication }
      \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.5)
      \column {
        \fill-line {
          \huge \larger \larger \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:title
        }
        \fill-line {
          \large \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:subtitle
        }
        \fill-line {
          \smaller \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:subsubtitle
        }
        \fill-line {
          \fromproperty #'header:poet
          { \large \bold \fromproperty #'header:instrument }
          \fromproperty #'header:composer
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

% ------------

On 12/21/24 16:08, Stephen Fry wrote:

In the future, could you please copy-paste the text into the email or attach it as a file? It will make it easier for us to start with that file instead of transcribing the text from a screenshot. In the meantime, give this a try and see if it works. We can override the bookTitleMarkup variable which is defined in /ly/titling-init.ly like this. Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

I've been using the default header settings with the text values set as shown in the snippet and the pdf output shown below.  However, I would like the meter (10.9.10.9.D) to be centered at the top of the page and next to the tune name (whose variable I will likely have to create manually).  I tried using the example in Documentation 3.3.2 > Custom layout for titles to change the alignment, but this doesn't seem to work the same way for "meter" as it does for "title" or "piece" ???

YES, the lyrics, tune, and harmony *are all in the public domain*.



Snippet:
image.png
Output currently:
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Thank you,
Stephen F.

Could somebody show a way to edit the alignment of the "meter" variable?  Note:  While the documentation came from the manual for the unstable release, I've been using V 2.18.2.  I've run out of space on my local disk, so I cannot upgrade LilyPond without doing a lot of memory management.  I would like to get this fixed as soon as possible to send to the printer.

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