Thanks Knute!
I have been trying to figure out \include, but haven't quite gotten it yet.
Combining everything into a book works, but I have not been able to compile the
original files on their own afterwards. I'm wondering if it has something to
do with having to add the " scoreTwo = \score { etc. } " to the original file?
I just upgraded Lilypond to vers. 2.24.4, so I will try to play with this some
more tonight.
I agree it would be much better to use \include. Copy and paste is cumbersome,
even for a book with only 6 pieces in it.
Thanks again!
dirck
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From: Knute Snortum <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2025 11:29 AM
To: Dirck Nagy <[email protected]>
Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Pasting file into book results in changed music spacing
It looks like the topmost voice (the one that starts with a d-sharp) is missing
a duration. It should have a 4 after it.
\insert is actually \include, and these are much better to use if you can. If
you look at a previous reply of mine, I outline how you might use them.
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Knute Snortum
On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM Dirck Nagy
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Lilypond
I am putting together a book of 6 short preludes. Each was originally engraved
as a separate file.
When I copy the files into bookparts, one of the files has changed music
spacing. The other pieces seem OK.
FYI, I am copying and pasting the elements of the score into the bookparts,
because I havent figured out how to use \insert yet.
Does anyone have any ideas where I should look to find the problem? I would be
happy to send the files, but they are a thousand lines of code.
I already tried setting the default paper size at the beginning of the book.
Is there a "page margins" setting somewhere that could be affecting this?
