Re: ly file definitions and layout

[Mats Bengtsson]

The score{...} block should always begin with the music.
After the music, you can optionally add \paper{...}, \midi{...}
or \header{...} blocks in any order. So, these examples will work,
for example:

\score{
  \notes{...}
  \midi{...}
  \paper{...}
  \header{...}
}

\score{
  \notes{...}
  \header{...}
}

\score{
  \notes{...}
  \header{...}
  \paper{...}
}

However, you can also add \paper{...}, \midi{...} or \header{...}
blocks at the toplevel of the file, outside \score{...}.
In that case, they will apply to all the following \score{...}
contexts.

   /Mats


Jim Sabatke wrote:
> Is there a document that describes the layout of an ly file?  I've 
> looked for a couple days and haven't found one.
>
> I ask this because I can't seem to integrate \score into my files and 
> get expected output.  I've followed example files that I've found via 
> grep, and none of the layouts seem to work.
>
> I was using this format:
>
> \header { ... }
> \paper { ... }
> \notes {  ...
>            { lots of notes }
> }
>
> and that worked almost well enough, except that page numbering and 
> taglines didn't work.
>
> Then I tried every variation of using \score that I could think of, or 
> find by example.  The closest I could get was:
>
> \header { ... }
>
> \score {
>    \notes {
>             { notes }
>    }
>
>     \paper {
>
>      }
> }
>
> This ignored all header into, but did split the piece into two pages, 
> which didn't happen by the previous method.
>
> I'm completely lost.  Is there a reference for this?

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