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...
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