Hello David, Many thanks for explaining that. Makes complete sense now!
mattfong On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 9:35 PM David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 12 Mar 2022 at 20:14:41 (-0800), Matthew Fong wrote: > > Hello Lilypond friends, > > > > I am working on a polyphone piece of music which employs a ChoirStaff, > and > > proceeded to make a local layout block in the score a global one. > > > > The include to make a *global* layout block works just fine, but if I > > eliminate the layout block in the score block itself, the music no longer > > compiles. Please see the comment starting with % [Help]. > > > > Any ideas why this might be? Other pieces where I have only a single > voice, > > I rely only upon the global block from an include, and compules fine > > without a layout block in the score block. > > A \score on its own will produce a PDF. > Such a \score, with a \midi added, will produce just a MIDI. > A \score with both \midi and \layout will produce a PDF and a MIDI. > > Your score has a \midi and so, without a \layout, no PDF would be produced. > > Cheers, > David. >