Changing first-system indent
I have finally got to the stage of tidying up the score I have been
working on.
The top-level .ly file is structured like this:
\book {
\paper { *variables* }
\bookpart { *titlepage* }
\bookpart {
\header { *variables* }
\score {
{ *first-movement-music* }
\header { piece = "I" }
\layout { } }
\score {
{ *second-movement-music* }
\header { piece = "II" }
\layout { } }
% etc.
}
}
}
\book { *data-for-1st-violin-part* }
\book { *data-for-2nd-violin-part* }
% etc.
For the first movement of the score, I have Staff.instrumentName defined
for each instrument, and this requires an indent of 16mm. However, in
subsequent movements I do not set Staff.instrumentName, so no indent is
required.
The variable 'indent' is defined in a \paper block, and I now see that
the lowest level context that a \paper block can appear in is \bookpart.
I could, of course, quite easily restructure the file so that each
movement is contained in a separate \bookpart, but this would mean that
each movement then starts on a new page. This is not what I want: I
prefer the movements to follow one another with no page break to
emphasize the integrity of the whole work.
Is there a way round this problem? In other words, is there some way I
can force the first system of the 2nd and subsequent movements to be
printed with no indent, without each movement necessarily appearing on a
new page?
David
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Re: Changing first-system indent
Thanks for the answer to my query. I now see that this is mentioned in section 4.1.5 of the NR. The mistake I was making was in trying to put indent within a \paper block inside a \layout block. Best wishes David On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 15:31 +, Trevor Daniels wrote: > David, you wrote Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:14 PM > > > >I have finally got to the stage of tidying up the score I have been > > working on. > [snip] > > For the first movement of the score, I have Staff.instrumentName defined > > for each instrument, and this requires an indent of 16mm. However, in > > subsequent movements I do not set Staff.instrumentName, so no indent is > > required. > > > > The variable 'indent' is defined in a \paper block, and I now see that > > the lowest level context that a \paper block can appear in is \bookpart. > > > > I could, of course, quite easily restructure the file so that each > > movement is contained in a separate \bookpart, but this would mean that > > each movement then starts on a new page. This is not what I want: I > > prefer the movements to follow one another with no page break to > > emphasize the integrity of the whole work. > > > > Is there a way round this problem? In other words, is there some way I > > can force the first system of the 2nd and subsequent movements to be > > printed with no indent, without each movement necessarily appearing on a > > new page? > > indent can also be set in a \layout block, which is at \score level. > > Trevor ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Changing first-system indent
David, you wrote Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:14 PM >I have finally got to the stage of tidying up the score I have been > working on. [snip] > For the first movement of the score, I have Staff.instrumentName defined > for each instrument, and this requires an indent of 16mm. However, in > subsequent movements I do not set Staff.instrumentName, so no indent is > required. > > The variable 'indent' is defined in a \paper block, and I now see that > the lowest level context that a \paper block can appear in is \bookpart. > > I could, of course, quite easily restructure the file so that each > movement is contained in a separate \bookpart, but this would mean that > each movement then starts on a new page. This is not what I want: I > prefer the movements to follow one another with no page break to > emphasize the integrity of the whole work. > > Is there a way round this problem? In other words, is there some way I > can force the first system of the 2nd and subsequent movements to be > printed with no indent, without each movement necessarily appearing on a > new page? indent can also be set in a \layout block, which is at \score level. Trevor ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
