Oh, that makes sense. It never occurred to me to have separate book blocks for just the midi output. Thanks for the suggestion!
-David Carolyn Beeton <[email protected]> writes: > David, > > Does producing multiple “books” and specifying \bookOutputSuffix work for > you? My files have book blocks for pdfs and separate ones to produce named > midi files the way you mention below. > > \book { > \bookOutputSuffix "Bass" > \score { > \keepWithTag #'(bass) \unfoldRepeats \music > \midi { } > } > } > > > Carolyn > >> From: David Zelinsky <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: midi output filenames >> Date: January 9, 2026 at 7:25:15 PM EST >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> I have a file with multiple scores (inside multiple books and bookparts) >> that produce midi files. The output files are named like: >> >> foo.mid >> foo-1.midi >> foo-2.midi >> >> where foo is the output filename as set for the book block. Is there a >> way to specify the filename suffix, as for a book block? So the files >> come out, say, >> >> foo-allegro.midi >> foo-andante.midi >> foo-presto.midi >> >> I know I can set the midi-extension, so I could have output files >> >> foo.allegro.midi >> foo.andante.midi >> foo.presto.midi >> >> But I don't like that dot. Is there any other way? >> >> Really what I'd like is to have one midi file for all the scores in one >> book, so they can be named corresponding to the pdf's. Is that >> possible? >> >> >> -- >> David
