Robert, Doesn't look like you're doing anything wrong. In the code, it doesn't appear that \bookpart is sensitive to this variable, except from the top-level \paper block. I'm CC-ing the bug list because I'm not sure how the \paper blocks are differentiated in top-level, \book and \bookpart blocks.
For reference: the offending code is found in lily/paper-book.cc, in function Paper_book::output_aux. - Abraham On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Robert Schmaus [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n178150...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Dear Ponderers, > > according to > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/the-paper-block > > I should be able to put a \paper statement within a \bookpart block. I > have a situation where I have a (global) paper statement and would like > to add an additional \paper block to each \bookpart with a specific page > number. I tried it like this > > \version "2.18.2" > > \paper { max-systems-per-page = #10 } > > \book{ > \bookpart { > \paper { first-page-number = #20 } > \score { \new Staff { \repeat unfold 500 { c'' } } } > } > > \bookpart { > \paper { first-page-number = #20 } > \score { \new Staff { \repeat unfold 500 { d'' } } } > } > } > > > but this doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something? > > Cheers, > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [hidden email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=178150&i=0> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/paper-block-inside-bookpart-tp178150.html > To start a new topic under User, email ml-node+s1069038n...@n5.nabble.com > To unsubscribe from Lilypond, click here > <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=2&code=dGlzaW1zdC5saWx5cG9uZEBnbWFpbC5jb218Mnw4MzU3Njg3MDU=> > . > NAML > <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond