Re: Settings for a hymn book

[Oscar A. Valdez]

Thank you. Both changes worked fine. But, is there a way for the 'opus'
header to print left-aligned, instead of right-aligned?

Oscar

El jue, 19-09-2002 a las 01:08, Graham Percival escribió:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:36:06 -0600
> "Oscar A. Valdez" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > There are two things I would like to change, but don't know how:
> > 
> > 1) The notes (especially in the second score) seem to be vertically 
> > centered on the staff, with excessive space between them. I would like them 
> > to be left-aligned, and closely spaced.
> 
> I think you mean "horizontally centered", not "vertically centered".
> 
> If you only have a short line (like your second piece), try setting 
> \paper{linewidth=-1.0}
>  
> > 2) I would like the "opus" header to appear only once, before the first 
> > score, and not twice, before each score.
> 
> When you define \header{} at the beginning of your ly file, you are actually 
> specifying the default header to use
> for all \scores in that file.  So LilyPond prints two sets of \headers (you 
> don't notice the double-taglines since
> they're "printed on top of each other", but you do notice the opus).
> 
> To fix this, either move the \header definition inside the first score, or 
> define \header{opus=""} inside your
> second \score.
> 
> > Help will be appreciated.
> 
> Here's a simple example of one way to modify your score:
> 
> > **************************
> > \score {
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > }
> > \score {
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >     \lyrics {
> >         A men.
> >     }
> 
> \header{opus="" }
> \paper{linewidth=-1.0}
> 
> > }
> 
> -----
> 
> ie stick those two extra lines just before the last } in your last \score.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> -  Graham