Documentation/snippets/adding-the-current-date-to-a-score.ly


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%% DO NOT EDIT this file manually; it is automatically
%% generated from LSR http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it
%% Make any changes in LSR itself, or in Documentation/snippets/new/ ,
%% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
%%
%% This file is in the public domain.
\version "2.16.0"

\header {
  lsrtags = "really-cool, scheme-language, text, titles"

  texidoc = "
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


% 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
}