Re: [Denemo-devel] (Justified) text between title and staff and text before movement.

[Lib Lists]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 10:04, Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 09:07 +0200, Lib Lists wrote:
> > Hi,
> > for the manual I'm writing I'd need to write some text between a
> > movement title and a staff. At the moment I'm using the 'Piece'
> > field,
> > but I'm wondering if there's a better way to do it.
> That's a quick way to do it without looking to deeply into LilyPond's
> markup syntax - but see below (*).
> >
> > Also, I'd need to write an introductory text before the first
> > movement. I'm using Text after Movement quite often and it's very
> > handy so I'm wondering how to type some Text before the first
> > Movement.
>
> Do you mean between the Score Title and the Movement Title or before
> everything?

Hi Richard,
before the Score Title and the Movement Title.

>
> >
> > Finally, the texts should be justified, as in the 'Markup lines'
> > example here:
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/text
>
> You can use any markup commands in the various fields that built-in for
> titling - e.g. using the Movements->Titles->Simple Titles->Set Titles
> =>"piece" field I pasted in the text
>
>   \justify {
>     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed
>     do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>     Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
>     laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
>   }

Ah, interesting! I was a bit confused about which lilypond markup
commands work in the titling fields, now it's clear, thanks.


> which came from that page and it arranged it justified between the
> margins below the movement title.
>
> (*) Perhaps you would be better off not using the built-in titling at
> all, since you are writing more and more markup commands - the built-in
> titling is just layering a few markup commands around the text that you
> give so you may better off with a clean sheet.
>
> If you use the command
> Command: LilyPond Score Prolog
> Inserts LilyPond syntax for include files etc at head of score.
> Location: Object Menu ▶ Score
> Internal Name: ScoreProlog
>
> to insert some markup this will appear at the top of the score
> (actually, if you *do* have simple titles it will appear between the
> Score title and the first Movement title).
> What you could do is to interactively design your markup syntax that
> you want to use by invoking the command
>
> Command: Multi-line Text and Music
> Inserts multi-line text object which can include music snippets, Fret
> Diagrams and Note Names/Chord Symbols. LilyPond Markup can be used and
> a preview button is available to check the syntax.
> Location: Object Menu ▶ Directives ▶ Markings ▶ Text/Symbol
> Internal Name: MultiLineTextAnnotation
>
> This command let's you see how your markup will look as you write it.
> Once you are happy with it you would copy the markup text and paste it
> into the ScoreProlog command above.
> (after cancelling the creation of the multi-line text object of
> course). You could create your entire title and text system in LilyPond
> markup syntax, giving you the maximum flexibility.
>
> It's a trade off between entering only small bits of the syntax and
> having complete control.
>
> HTH
>
> Richard
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