Re: Comments on Learning Manual 3 -- Fundamental concepts

[Mats Bengtsson]

Graham Percival wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:15:35 +0200
> "John Mandereau" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > In 'Introduction to the LilyPond file structure':
> > by default, \header does not use the same fields depending on its
> > scope (\book or \score), so IMO it's better to show the more standard
> > file structure with a \header outside the \score.
> >    
>
> I disagree.  Shoving \header outside of a \book or \score is a
> shorthand, and I'd rather keep the "basic" example as basic as
> (reasonably) possibly.  Also, having a \header on its own will
> result in it being applied to either the \book or \score -- if we
> explicitly stick \header inside the \score, there's no ambiguity.
>  
You miss the point! The problem is that if you do
\score{
\relative c'{ c d e f }
\header{
 title = "Here's the title, that's never printed."
}
}

then no title is printed, since the title is typeset at the \book level
and no header fields are specified at the \book level. Having a
header outside the score is not a shorthand, it's absolutely
necessary of you want e.g. the title printed.

  /Mats