On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 1:00 AM Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at> wrote:

> Hello Paolo,
>
> I think you underestimate Lilypond.


Hi Valentin,

this is not true. I well know, and stated several times, that LilyPond has
the power of a nuclear reactor.
And I'm sure too that with customizations you can do whatever you want in
the cover/introductory pages.
What I meant is different. For these pages I don't want to add or expose
logic. This is not how I intend typography for such pages.
The example Aaron showed already added *logic* to the template, and so your
example does:

\on-the-fly #part-first-page \fromproperty #'header:copyright

(etc.)

(of course thanks again Aaron and you for your examples, which are
precious: they clarify to me how LP works)
But, IMHO, such pages should not have logic, unless you don't have
alternatives.
Normally, I would prefer another approach, which I consider *standard* for
these things: have a set of templates, pick one of them and do NO
customization at all, unless you don't have alternatives. Your example
would fit my requirements if it was wrapped by a template, but it is
currently not.
This is how you can have a *readable* code (don't misunderstand me: your
code is excellent, what I mean is different). Of course I could wrap it,
but for future different cases I would have to do the same procedure, which
is tedious.

Hope that what I mean is clear, now. In any case, this discussion is
interesting and I think it deserves further insights.  Thanks for your
contribution!

Best,
Paolo

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