Also for page numbering my batch script updates a common page number include file that the next song simply includes. This file contains nothing more than:
\firstPageNumber = #42 the variable \firstPageNumber is referenced by the scores, the batch job just updates the #number value for the starting point of the next song compile. Also all songs are based on a common shared template that keeps the overall style strictly enforced. Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > FWIW, I assemble my song books using ghostscript. I create batch jobs > that compile all the songs into separate PDF's, I make table of contents, > index, texts, etc. in the word processor of my choice and print those > pages to PDF file(s). Certain educational pages I also make in my word > processor by importing "clips" (see -dclip-systems option) into the > documents from lilypond compiles of the full scores. Once all the PDF's > are made, I run gs to assemble all of them into a book. I know this might > not be the standard procedure, but it gives me a lot of flexibility in > what tools I can avail myself of in making a book, since any application > can "print to PDF" and gs lets me concatenate pdfs easily. At the end of > my batch job a single complete PDF is produced that I can take to the > print shop. For a couple of the books I output 2 files, one for the color > printer and another for the b/w printer and collate/bind the pages > manually. Some some pages I've used Photoshop to incorparate photos of > jazz musicians amongst their scores. All with pdf being the common > denominator prior to gs concatenating things to a single pdf. > > > > > tabster wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I´m quite new to lilypond but I´m already fascinated. I want to layout a >> whole songbook with about 200 songs. Until now I worked with Sibelius and >> now I´m thinking of typesetting that songbook with lilypond. But there >> are >> some things to consider and I hope you can help me a bit: >> >> 1) Should I only work with lilypond or better mit LaTeX and lilypond-book >> (I >> already work with LaTeX)? There are not many texts to add to the >> songbook. >> I want to have a song number next to each song (on the top outer corner >> of >> the page). >> >> 2) If I do it without LaTeX, only using lilypond: I think it would be a >> good >> way to have one file for each song in the songbook. But there are other >> problems: The identifiers I use for verselyrics or harmonies have to be >> unique project-wide, don´t they? >> In that case I could try to do it without identifiers - that wouldn´t be >> a >> big problem. >> >> At first, these are my question - I think, later there´ll be more ... >> >> Thanks >> >> tabster >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/The-best-way-to-create-a-songbook--tf3229258.html#a8978852 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
