Am 22. April 2015 19:20:38 MESZ, schrieb Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca>: >Hi Simon, > >>> 1. In 2013, I composed and engraved a piece with nearly 12,000 >frames (57 staves x 208 measures). It contains two sections (of ~32 and >~16 measures) which were specifically added "for That Production” (and, >as such, contain “external material”). Now I want to modify the piece — >someone has asked to license it for performance later this year. So I >want to either eliminate those two sections, or replace them with >different transitional material, so that I can publish a “standalone” >work, separate from “That Production”. >>> >>> 2. One of my stage musicals (“Robin Hood: The Legendary Musical >Comedy”) has been picked up for further development. It comprises >nearly three dozen cues, each ranging from a few measures up to over >200; and there are 23 staves at its thickest point. In the Finale (the >longest and most complex cue!), we want to trim the coda by [an >internal] 16 measures for the next version. > >> What about refining and extending usability of \showFirstLength and >\showLastLength for purposes like this? > >Something like that might work… I’d love to have a discussion some time >about how that might be implemented. > >The current workaround, of course, is to use \tag around the section(s) >in question. In particular, that method [relatively] easily solves >“hide these 16 measures” types of situations (like my Example #2) and >“depending on the version/edition, use either THIS or THIS” (like my >Example #1). But hunting down each chunk of code — spread, as it is, >across several global variables and 60-some other notes and lyrics >variables — is painful. >
I think you could vastly benefit from using openLilyLib's GridLY library. Of course thst's only viable for new projects. Urs >Cheers, >Kieren. >________________________________ > >Kieren MacMillan, composer >‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info >‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info > > >_______________________________________________ >lilypond-user mailing list >lilypond-user@gnu.org >https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user