Re: Question re title formatting

[BB]

As you correctly found out, as a matter of fact line breaks will not 
work in your code. As I did a lot of programming in the past I do not 
think that is wrong but usually a rule in such code arrangements. 
Another point is the comment mark "%" that invalidates the rest of the 
line CR etc. included ...

Simply read
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text.html
there is an example that you might adjust to your wish.

\markup {
  \fill-line {
    \line { William S. Gilbert }
    \center-column {
      \huge \smallCaps "The Mikado"
      or
      \smallCaps "The Town of Titipu"
    }
    \line { Sir Arthur Sullivan }
  }
}
\markup {
  \fill-line { 1885 }
}


Good luck!

On 03.10.2015 15:21, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 15:01 03/10/2015 +0200, Bonly Bonly wrote:
> > There are lots of "%", say comments, that validate the rest of the 
> > line including braces.
> > \markup { \column
> > {
> > \fill-line { \large \bold \title } % title
> > \fill-line { \titleb }
> > \fill-line { \caps \piece \caps \composer }
> > \fill-line { \meter \arranger }
> > }
> > }
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here: perhaps *in*validate?
>
> The point is that the line break that should appear after "% meter" so 
> that "\arranger" is not included in the comment and instead properly 
> interpreted by Lilypond must be incorrect in the original .ly file. 
> Notice also the clue that line breaks in what the enquirer describes 
> as her "title information" do not appear correctly in the archive 
> rendering.
>
> Brian Barker
>
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