Re: Custom Titles

[Richard Shann]

On Sun, 2023-01-01 at 18:21 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> All the music systems are now in order. Thanks.
> 
> The Score I am transposing has some poetry associated with each 
> movement, and I thought it might be good to include it on a page
> between 
> the Titles and the First Movement.

I think the only thing Denemo provides is the ability to include title
page(s) generated externally as an eps file. So you would create
everything you wanted using an external editor and write it out as an
eps file and then include it using:

Command: Prepend Encapsulated Postscript
Places text/graphics from an encapsulated postscript file at the start
of the current movement.
Use this for columns of text or images, fancy titles etc. prepared in
other programs
which are to appear before the music.
Location: Object Menu ▶ Movements ▶ Titles
Internal Name: PrependPostscript

But I see that there is a command to place LilyPond markup after a
movement so I've tweaked that to place the markup before the movement -
this is in the sources now and will be built overnight:

Command: Text Before Movement
Places (formatted) text before the music of the current movement.
Location: Object Menu ▶ Movements ▶ Titles
Internal Name: MarkupAtStart

If you use Score titles for the titles then the markup you give will
come after them (but before any Movement titles you set).

HTH

Richard

> I tried Custom Titles, hoping to put the verses in the centre column,
> and have hit some snags.
> 
> 1 Once I have created a line, trying to edit it can only be done by 
> re-entering the data.
> 2 There doesn't seem to be a way to delete a line, once entered.
> 3 I need a way of putting several lines in one block - though the
> text 
> display shows four lines if i use SHIFT-ENTER it is all in a wide
> single 
> line on the page.
> 
> It isn't important: I can Start Again from the a file with just music
> and add Titles and forget the poetry.
> But it would be nice. Even better if the lines could be edited from
> the 
> Typesetter screen😁
> 
> Best wishes and a Happy New Year.
> 
> Joe