Hi Brent,
you could simply delay the execution of your code until the point where you
need it like this:
bpI =
#(define-scheme-function (parser location) ()
#{
\bookpart {
\tocItem "toc1" "a"
{ c' }
}
#})
bpII =
#(define-scheme-function (parser location) ()
#{
\bookpart {
\tocItem "toc2" "b"
{ d' }
}
#})
\markuplist \table-of-contents
$(bpII)
$(bpI)
(Sorry for the mess, I'm writing from my phone.)
Cheers,
Valentin
24.09.2022 13:36:04 Brent Annable <[email protected]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm creating a book of music using a master file where I call on \bookpart
> variables from lots of different files, which are included in the master file
> using the \include function. I have a list of included files in a separate
> file, and the master just includes that one file.
>
> I want to create a table of contents at the beginning of the book, so I need
> to add a \tocItem to each score. The only place I have found where that works
> is inside the \bookpart variable in each individual file, before the score.
> So in my master file, each score entry looks like this:
>
> \bookpart { \myBookPart }
>
> And the variables in the individual files look like this:
>
> myBookPart = \bookpart { \tocItem \markup "Name of song"
> {c1 c1 c1 c1}
> }
>
> I'm currently putting all the separate scores into the master file, and I
> plan to shuffle them around later to get the ordering right.
>
> I've noticed that when the table of contents is generated, the items are
> always listed *in the order in which the files are \included*, not the order
> in which the scores actually appear in the book. So even though the page
> numbers are correct, the TOC lists the songs in the order in which I include
> the files in the \include file. When I start shifting things around later in
> the master, I really don't want to have to re-order the \include list as
> well, that will be double the work.
>
> I've attached some files that replicate my problem. One thing I noticed that
> the master wouldn't compile at all when the version number was set to 2.22.1,
> it only worked when I set it to 2.19.65, the version number in all the files
> I'm using. Does that mean I'm using incorrect syntax for the TOC?
>
> Otherwise, is there anywhere else I can put the \tocItem command so that the
> items are automatically re-ordered when I switch them around in the master
> file?
>
> Sorry for the voluminous email and thanks for any help,
>
> Brent.
>
>