The biggest pain which made me give up was \markup is assumed to be associated with the score after it. The vertical spacing and page breaks don't allow you to end a page with a \markup block. It always moves to the next page with the \score.
I can see the usefulness of the \markup block as it is currently programmed. But it is really intended for adding a few words of performance directions above a score. What I would really like to have is a \text block with all the usual formatting capability of a \markup but not associated with any \score. Each block would represent a paragraph of plain text. Ideally, the vertical spacing and page breaks should treat each \text block just as it would a \score block. It might even be useful for the \text block to have \layout and \markup just like a \score block for paragraph titles. Also, when I use \center in a \markup block outside of a score, I expect the text to center between the page margins (i.e., center on the entire width of the \score object below), not center on the left margin so the text runs off the page. In my opinion, having to use fill-line or other tweaks to get the text to move to the center of the page is a bug, not a feature. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Valentin Villenave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:48 PM To: Paul Harouff Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Merging scores in one pdf 2007/7/10, Paul Harouff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you move the discussion to another list, how do the rest of us benefit > from the discussion? Thank you for asking; of course if we come up with anything interesting on the French list, I'll translate it here, modify the documentation or add it to the LSR. This is how things work. > I've been having the same problem trying to put multiple hymns in a single > file with the priest's prayers before and after each hymn. LilyPond handles > music great, but plain text is a pain. I had given up and started pasting > the music into a Word document as pictures. I have to confess I haven't quite understood what is this topic about; I use \book a lot and have never encountered any problem with text indications; the \markup command works perfectly, with simple functions such as \fill-line etc. For example, I often put a "title" and a "subtitle" only in the main \book section, and then in each \score block (or file), I just insert a "piece" field, in which I put every titles or subtitles I need, using fill-line, columns, etc. Is it easy, simple, and works perfectly. So when you say that in lilypond "plain text is a pain", could you be more specific (e.g. post a snippet of what made you give up)? Thanks V.Villenave _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
