If possible, I'd like to add upon James's question: is it possible to markup include a text file? Such as to import an file before the \score environment.
Em sex., 1 de ago. de 2025, 00:21, James Harkins <[email protected]> escreveu: > I realize this is a stupid question, but I've searched the manual and I > don't see a quick example of how to use variables for markup. So I'm > stabbing in the dark and nothing is working. > > text-vars.ily: > > \version "2.24.4" > \language "english" > > titlepage = { > \markup \fill-line \center-column { > \vspace #10 > \abs-fontsize #48 "(Title)" > \vspace #5 > \abs-fontsize #24 "for woodwind quintet and fixed media" > \vspace #1 > \abs-fontsize #12 "c. 12'" > > } > } > > > front-matter-test.ly: > > \version "2.24.4" > \language "english" > \include "../common/text-vars.ily" > > \markup { \titlepage } > > > And none of the markup commands are recognized as markup commands. > > This seems a pretty basic requirement? E.g., to have front matter that is > printed in the score and repeated in parts. Maybe I'm just dense but it > isn't revealing itself in the documentation very easily. > > For now I can write the markups directly in the -test file and copy/paste > later, but I'd like to use variables. > > Consider this an enhancement request for the documentation to make this > easier to discover. > > hjh > >
