Many thanks! I think I’m getting a handle on this bit of LP. Amazing! -mark.
On 9 Jan 2023 at 11:23:47, Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 09/01/2023 à 01:08, Kieren MacMillan a écrit : > > Hi Mark, > > > > Okay. I did that and when I move the \paper (yes, my bad, I did write > \page) into the \bookpart it generates a separate PDF for each \bookpart > > Hmmm… It should generate a page break between bookparts, but shouldn’t > generate a new PDF!! > > > > The issue is that LilyPond treats \book and \bookpart values in the same > way (no, that's not really wonderful). Basically, when you do this: > > x = \bookpart { bla bla } > \x > > At the point \x is used, LilyPond has "forgotten" that \x was not a book > but a bookpart, and it treats it as a new book, whereas > > \book { > \x > \y > } > > forces \x and \y to be treated as bookparts inside one book. > >
