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A large project may be split up into separate files. To refer to another file, use
\include "otherfile.ly"
The line \include "file.ly" is equivalent to pasting the contents
of file.ly into the current file at the place where you have the
\include. For example, for a large project you might write separate files
for each instrument part and create a “full score” file which brings
together the individual instrument files.
The initialization of LilyPond is done in a number of files that are included by default when you start the program, normally transparent to the user. Run lilypond –verbose to see a list of paths and files that Lily finds.
Files placed in directory PATH/TO/share/lilypond/VERSION/ly/ (where
VERSION is in the form “2.6.1”) are on the path and available to
\include. Files in the
current working directory are available to \include, but a file of the same
name in LilyPond's installation takes precedence. Files are
available to \include from directories in the search path specified as an
option when invoking lilypond --include=DIR which adds DIR to the
search path.
The \include statement can use full path information, but with the Unix
convention "/" rather than the DOS/Windows "\". For example,
if stuff.ly is located one directory higher than the current working
directory, use
\include "../stuff.ly"
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