On 28/11/2025 14:58, Gabriel Ellsworth wrote:
In my choir, each singer has an assigned number, akin to an athlete’s
jersey number. Whenever we print a new piece, we number our set of
paper copies, using a Bates automatic-numbering machine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_numbering>to stamp the hard-copy
scores with each chorister’s number.
I am hoping to create anautomated and digital alternative to Bates
numbering within LilyPond. The goal: Have LilyPond generate a
singlePDF file that I can send to the printer. This file would contain
NN copies of my score (where NN is a numerical variable that I can
tweak). Every hard copy would be identical to every other (same page
numbering, same \header content), except for the “Copy #” field.
As an alternative to Knute's shell script, you can do the whole process
in LilyPond/Scheme.
\version "2.24.4"
#(use-modules (srfi srfi-1))
NN = 2 % how many numbered copies
myTitlePage = \markup \fill-line \huge { "This Is My Title Page" }
myScore = { c' \pageBreak d' \pageBreak e' }
myBookpart = #(define-scheme-function (n) ((lambda (x) (or (integer? x)
(string? x))))
#{
\bookpart {
\markup \fill-line { #(format #f "Copy ~a" n) }
\myTitlePage
\pageBreak
\myScore
}
#})
myBook = \book {}
\paper {
bookpart-level-page-numbering = ##t
oddFooterMarkup = \markup \fill-line {
\if \on-last-page-of-part { \null \fromproperty #'header:tagline
\null }
}
}
#(for-each
(lambda (i) (ly:book-add-bookpart! myBook (myBookpart i)))
(append '("for Choirmaster" "for Organist") (iota NN 1)))
#(ly:book-process myBook $defaultpaper $defaultlayout
(ly:parser-output-name))
--
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.
