Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Naming lines of music On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 15:43, Giles Boardman mailto:giles.board...@hotmail.co.uk>> wrote: > > Thanks again Xavier. You are very patient - I have just sat down at my > up-to-date computer and the difference between the versions'

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Mats Bengtsson
On 2024-05-14 15:08, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > Or is there a line title, like the variables for "Composer" Piece" etc. I looked, but I haven't found anything obvious. I would use "piece", but actually you could even define your own custom header field and custom layout for titles. https://lil

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 15:43, Giles Boardman wrote: > > Thanks again Xavier. You are very patient - I have just sat down at my up-to-date computer and the difference between the versions' functionality is enormous. If I'd realised, I would have bitten the bullet and had fewer questions and taken u

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Phil Holmes
s Boardman *Cc:* Kieren MacMillan ; lilypond-user@gnu.org *Subject:* Re: Naming lines of music On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 14:44, Giles Boardman wrote: > > Hello Kieren/Xavier, > > I wasn't going to be picky per Kieren's ** but ... > > ... using Xavier

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
y 2024 14:08 To: Giles Boardman Cc: Kieren MacMillan ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Naming lines of music On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 14:44, Giles Boardman mailto:giles.board...@hotmail.co.uk>> wrote: > > Hello Kieren/Xavier, > > I wasn't going to be picky per Kieren'

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 14:44, Giles Boardman wrote: > > Hello Kieren/Xavier, > > I wasn't going to be picky per Kieren's ** but ... > > ... using Xavier's code (override Score.RehearsalMark.self-alignment-X = #LEFT) I have a whole page of music and the tunes are in different keys,

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Timothy Lanfear
On 14/05/2024 12:06, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Giles, The \mark command is centred. Can text be formatted to be left aligned (and smaller)? Is there an initialisation parameter I can change to set its default alignment? I can’t test what v2.18 does (that’s a very old version!), but 2.25.11

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 12:43, Giles Boardman wrote: > > The \mark command is centred. Can text be formatted to be left aligned (and smaller)? Is there an initialisation parameter I can change to set its default alignment? Hello, Please consider upgrading, version 2.18.2 is over 10 years old. Cur

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Giles, > The \mark command is centred. Can text be formatted to be left aligned (and > smaller)? Is there an initialisation parameter I can change to set its > default alignment? I can’t test what v2.18 does (that’s a very old version!), but 2.25.11 essentially** left-aligns the mark: %%%