From: Graham Percival <graham@percival-music.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:10:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better docs for \header.
X-Git-Tag: release/2.5.22~12
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d741c8e444fbdc7e254360a9644d1ea03c341739;p=lilypond.git

Better docs for \header.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 11fa9664cd..cbd058f4aa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	changing-defaults.itely: consolidate Text stuff in
 	advanced notation.
 
+	* Documentation/user/global.itely: better docs for \header.
+
 2005-05-03  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 
 	* scm/framework-ps.scm (write-preamble): extract CFF from OTF
diff --git a/Documentation/user/global.itely b/Documentation/user/global.itely
index aa2c15997a..f3b855e960 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/global.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/global.itely
@@ -748,8 +748,11 @@ Titles are created for each @code{\score} block, and over a
 The contents of the titles are taken from the @code{\header} blocks.
 The header block for a book supports the following
 @table @code
+@item dedication
+The dedicatee of the music, centered at the top of the first page.
+
 @item title
-The title of the music.  Centered on top of the first page.
+The title of the music, centered just below the dedication.
 
 @item subtitle
 Subtitle, centered below the title.
@@ -786,7 +789,8 @@ Name of the piece, flush-left below the instrument.
   This forces the title to start on a new page (set to ##t or ##f).
 @end table
 
-Here is a demonstration of the fields available, 
+Here is a demonstration of the fields available.  Note that you
+may use any @ref{Text markup} commands in the header.
 
 @lilypond[quote,verbatim,linewidth=11.0\cm]
 \paper {
@@ -796,15 +800,17 @@ Here is a demonstration of the fields available,
 
 \book {
   \header {
-    title = "Title,"
+    dedication = "dedicated to me"
+    title = \markup \center-align < "Title first line" "Title second line, longer" >
     subtitle = "the subtitle,"
-    subsubtitle = "and the sub sub title"
+    subsubtitle = #(string-append "subsubtitle LilyPond version " (lilypond-version))
     poet = "Poet"
-    composer = "Composer"
+    composer =  \markup \center-align < "composer" \small "(1847-1973)" >
     texttranslator = "Text Translator"
-    meter = "Meter"
+    meter = \markup { \teeny "m" \tiny "e" \normalsize "t" \large "e" \huge "r" }
     arranger = "Arranger"
-    instrument = "Instrument"
+    opus = \markup { \fontsize #8.5 "o" \fontsize #2.5 "p" \fontsize #-2.5 "u" \fontsize #-5.3 "s" \fontsize #7.5 "       " }
+    instrument = \markup \bold \italic "instrument"
     piece = "Piece"
   }
 
@@ -828,15 +834,6 @@ Here is a demonstration of the fields available,
 }
 @end lilypond
 
-Different fonts may be selected for each element by using
-@code{\markup}, e.g.,
-
-@example
-\header @{
-  title = \markup @{ \italic @{ The italic title @} @}
-@}
-@end example
-
 A more advanced option is to change the definitions of the following
 variables in the @code{\paper} block.  The init file
 @file{ly/titling-init.ly} lists the default layout.