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Adding the current date to a score
With a little Scheme code, the current date can easily be added to a score.
% first, define a variable to hold the formatted date:
date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time)))
% use it in the title block:
\header {
title = "Including the date!"
subtitle = \date
}
\score {
\relative c'' {
c4 c c c
}
}
% and use it in a \markup block:
\markup {
\date
}
13-01-2010
Adjusting lyrics vertical spacing
Including the date!
13-01-2010
This snippet shows how to bring the lyrics line closer to the staff.
% Default layout: