Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Maarten Deen
Lilypond has as standard setting that the instrument is put centered below the title, subtitle, etc. But I'm used to the first page having the intrument set at the left side of the page (where Poet is placed) and only for subsequent pages the instrument is set top center. In fact, I've been

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Maarten Deen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Lilypond has as standard setting that the instrument is put centered below the title, subtitle, etc. But I'm used to the first page having the intrument set at the left side of the page (where Poet is placed) and only for

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread sdfgsdhdshd
Anthony W. Youngman wrote: The problem is that most of the people who actually do the work with lilypond, while they want it to be the best tool for producing printed music, they're European orchestral musicians steeped in the European orchestral tradition, and their traditions are at

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Maarten Deen
Valentin Villenave wrote: 2008/8/24 Anthony W. Youngman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Maarten Deen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Can this be done in lilypond? Having the instrument on the left side of the page on the first page only? You need to rewrite the code that produces

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/8/24 Maarten Deen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks, that's exactly what I need (and no, I had no idea to look there). I expect it will be overwritten when I do an upgrade? Just to make a mental note to edit it again when I do. If you modify the titling-init source file, it will be overwritten.

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 24. August 2008 schrieb Maarten Deen: Valentin Villenave wrote: It's not so hard, really. Just copy the appropriate definition from the source code (the relevant file is titling-init.ly), and redefine Thanks, that's exactly what I

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Paul Scott
On Aug 24, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 24. August 2008 schrieb Maarten Deen: Valentin Villenave wrote: It's not so hard, really. Just copy the appropriate definition from the source code (the relevant file is

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Patrick Horgan
Maarten Deen wrote: Lilypond has as standard setting that the instrument is put centered below the title, subtitle, etc. But I'm used to the first page having the intrument set at the left side of the page (where Poet is placed) and only for subsequent pages the instrument is set top

Re: Putting 'instrument' on the left side of the page

2008-08-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, What I'd like to do is modify the standard files so you can just tell lilypond what sort of header you'd like - orchestral, band, whatever - without the fuss of people of other traditions having to have personal modifications. It would also be great to have the ability to define