I think section 5.1.5, on style sheets in the learning manual for version 2.12 might have tips on how to do what you're trying to do. On Nov 23, 2010, at 7:59 AM, lunar7 wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > I am prototyping a lilypond MIDI input tool in Max/MSP (to be later > implemented in C++) and am interested in how I might go about using seperate > input files that could be linked together at render-time to produce a single > pdf. > > I noticed on Mutopia years ago a file that was able to do that, a Bach > keyboard work, I'm trying to find it again but that may take some time. > > What I'd like to do is have seperate "header" and "body" files. The reason > for this is that for the "body" file, I'd like to be able to have the program > insert automatic carriage returns at what would be the end of each complete > measure, thus other features would be able to count on each measure being on > a certain line (I'm guessing the first line would be the open bracket and > clef, so each measure would be offset by one line). > > Ideally I could have a global "header" file and two "body" files, one for the > right hand and one for the left hand. As that implies, this would be entirely > geared towards piano works. > > Does anyone know how I might make a template along these lines? > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user