X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=input%2Flsr%2Fadding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly;h=c86a7a3dfc2233d96c5b3baa3bc47a22f082d7db;hb=edf17353d89f4f6bd831466262402bb9151a26ca;hp=f46f036948949c4d007126d5796a475f3e442d29;hpb=24d7a2abc788061a4f7a81ee3c2a9f330ddca93f;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/input/lsr/adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly b/input/lsr/adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly index f46f036948..c86a7a3dfc 100644 --- a/input/lsr/adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly +++ b/input/lsr/adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly @@ -1,33 +1,17 @@ %% Do not edit this file; it is auto-generated from LSR http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it %% This file is in the public domain. -\version "2.11.38" +\version "2.11.51" \header { lsrtags = "titles" texidoc = " -I often find it useful to include a date on printed music, so that I -can see if I'm using the latest version, or tell someone else that he -should only use the version after a certain date. A simple solution is -to enter the date manually to the @code{.ly} file. But that's very -error prone. It's easy to forget updating the date. So i thought it -would be useful if you can add the date on which the PDF file is -generated automatically. I did't figure it out myself, but I asked on -lilypond-user mailing list. And guess what? Someone came with an -excellent solution! So thank you very much Toine Schreurs for sending -this solution to the user mailing list. I post it here for future -reference. - -The solution is to use two scheme functions called @code{strftime} and -@code{localtime}, as shown in the snippet. It is a very flexible -solution, you can format the date just as you like it by adapting the -@code{\"%d-%m-%Y\"} string. See the Guile documentation for more -details on this format string: Formatting Calendar Time. +With a little Scheme code, the current date can easily be added to a +score. " doctitle = "Adding the current date to a score" } % begin verbatim -\version "2.11.38" % first, define a variable to hold the formatted date: date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time)))