must all be relative to the directory containing the main file,
not the directory containing the included file.
-Files can also be included from a directory in a search path
+Files can also be included from a directory in a search path
specified as an option when invoking LilyPond from the command
-line. To compile @file{main.ly} which includes files
-located in a subdirectory called @file{parts} by this method,
+line. The included files are then specified using just their
+file name. For example, to compile @file{main.ly} which includes
+files located in a subdirectory called @file{parts} by this method,
cd to the directory containing @file{main.ly} and enter
@example
lilypond --include=parts main.ly
@end example
+and in main.ly write
+
+@example
+\include "VI.ly"
+\include "VII.ly"
+... etc
+@end example
+
Files which are to be included in many scores may be placed in
the LilyPond directory @file{../ly}. (The location of this
directory is installation-dependent - see @rlearning{Other sources