On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2011, at 3:22 AM, Peter Jaques wrote: > >> Thanks Hans. You didn't quite understand my question, I think. >> >> I understand that I *can* put files practically anywhere. The problem is >> that I then have to use a really long include line like: >> >> \include /Users/peter/Documents/asdf.ly > > > > I would consider that a short line. > > My solution is to use templates for my .ly files; these have my layouts for > lead sheets already set up, all I have to do is fill in the information > unique to that file (the melody, harmony, identifying information, etc.). > All the \include lines are already written in the template and can be > commented out as needed. > > You can shorten > > \include /Users/peter/Documents/asdf.ly > > to > > ~/peter/Documents/asdf.ly > > if that helps.
Oops: \include ~/peter/Documents/asdf.ly would be correct, of course... _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user