Re: book parts and page breaks

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 15.03.2015 um 18:15 schrieb Francesco Petrogalli:
> Hi,
> I have attached a set of .ly file that illustrate what I am doing.
>
> I would like to have multiple exercise under the same "section", which
> I am now rendering as \bookpart.
Which logically makes sense.
>   As I said, I'd like to avoid the page
> break between 'sections'.
Which is a good idea if the sections don’t extend over more than, say, 
one and a half pages.
>   I tried to use the \header command inside
> the \score command, but this would require to have multiple staves in
> the same \score, and unless I am missing something in the way scores
> are handles, the only way to have moltiple staves in a score is to
> render them together as in a piano/orchestral part, which I don't want
> because I want each exercise to be a single entity.
Of course it’s nonsense to have more than one piece in a score.

I’d suggest the following:
– Use no bookparts at all.
– Write the scores one after the other and simulate the header for each 
section by placing a toplevel \markup expression before it, e.g.

\markup \fill-line { \null "La tonalità…" \null }
\score {
  … first exercise
}
\score {
  … second exercise
}

\markup \fill-line { \null "L’altra tonalità…" \null }
\score {

etc.

HTH, Simon
> I hope I made my point clear now, thanks for any help!
>
> Francesco
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Am 15.03.2015 um 14:23 schrieb Francesco Petrogalli:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > is there a way to avoid page breaks when creating a new \bookpart?
> > No, there isn’t. Actually, having a page break inbetween is most of the
> > point of having multiple bookparts. What’s more, each bookpart may have its
> > own \paper block, whose settings can only be applied if the bo
> > > I am writing a book of exercises, and each book part consists of
> > > multiple exercises, each exercise is rendered within a \score. I am
> > > not sure this is the optimal subdivision for a book of exercises, does
> > > anybody have experience with such layout?
> > Sounds like the standard way to solve such a task. What is it that makes you
> > doubt?
> > If it’s unclear still, please tell us more on what you are doing and why
> > that way: why do you use bookparts? It’s always helpful to attach a
> > (compilable!) .ly file, also with output (pdf or png).
> >
> > Yours, Simon