On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 10:04, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 09:07 +0200, Lib Lists wrote: > > Hi, > > for the manual I'm writing I'd need to write some text between a > > movement title and a staff. At the moment I'm using the 'Piece' > > field, > > but I'm wondering if there's a better way to do it. > That's a quick way to do it without looking to deeply into LilyPond's > markup syntax - but see below (*). > > > > Also, I'd need to write an introductory text before the first > > movement. I'm using Text after Movement quite often and it's very > > handy so I'm wondering how to type some Text before the first > > Movement. > > Do you mean between the Score Title and the Movement Title or before > everything?
Hi Richard, before the Score Title and the Movement Title. > > > > > Finally, the texts should be justified, as in the 'Markup lines' > > example here: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/text > > You can use any markup commands in the various fields that built-in for > titling - e.g. using the Movements->Titles->Simple Titles->Set Titles > =>"piece" field I pasted in the text > > \justify { > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed > do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. > Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco > laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. > } Ah, interesting! I was a bit confused about which lilypond markup commands work in the titling fields, now it's clear, thanks. > which came from that page and it arranged it justified between the > margins below the movement title. > > (*) Perhaps you would be better off not using the built-in titling at > all, since you are writing more and more markup commands - the built-in > titling is just layering a few markup commands around the text that you > give so you may better off with a clean sheet. > > If you use the command > Command: LilyPond Score Prolog > Inserts LilyPond syntax for include files etc at head of score. > Location: Object Menu ▶ Score > Internal Name: ScoreProlog > > to insert some markup this will appear at the top of the score > (actually, if you *do* have simple titles it will appear between the > Score title and the first Movement title). > What you could do is to interactively design your markup syntax that > you want to use by invoking the command > > Command: Multi-line Text and Music > Inserts multi-line text object which can include music snippets, Fret > Diagrams and Note Names/Chord Symbols. LilyPond Markup can be used and > a preview button is available to check the syntax. > Location: Object Menu ▶ Directives ▶ Markings ▶ Text/Symbol > Internal Name: MultiLineTextAnnotation > > This command let's you see how your markup will look as you write it. > Once you are happy with it you would copy the markup text and paste it > into the ScoreProlog command above. > (after cancelling the creation of the multi-line text object of > course). You could create your entire title and text system in LilyPond > markup syntax, giving you the maximum flexibility. > > It's a trade off between entering only small bits of the syntax and > having complete control. > > HTH > > Richard > > > > > _______________________________________________ Denemo-devel mailing list Denemo-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/denemo-devel