> Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net> wrote (11 Jun 2012 14:46:31): > It was mentioned in earlier emails (as in lots of years ago) as a possible > bug, since you can't have slurs in lyrics.
---------- Aha. Not a solution, but I now have a better feel for the problem. ---------- > I think I'll send a report to > the bugs group. -------------------- I think it would be good to have a simple solution for something which must arise reasonably often, but I'm most certainly no developer. -------------------- > Jan-Peter Voigt <jp.vo...@gmx.de> wrote (Jun 2012 15:48:45): > you might use markup-lists. In markups, the parens are typeset: > > --snip-- > > \version "2.15.40" > > % should run in 2.14 > > % define a music-function, to convert a markup-list to a list of LyricEvents > > lyricmarkup = #(define-music-function (parser location mup)(markup-list?) > > (make-music 'SequentialMusic > > 'elements (map > > (lambda (syl) (make-music 'LyricEvent > > 'text syl > > 'duration (ly:make-duration 2 0 1 1))) > > mup))) > > % a test > > << > > \new Staff \new Voice = "mel" \relative c'' { > > c4. b8 a4 cis > > } > > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mel" > > \lyricmode { > > \lyricmarkup \markuplist { (oo bi doo) } > % override can't be inside markuplist! > > \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT > > didididididididididi > > } > > >> > > --snip-- > > > But you can't use lyric-overrides inside the markup-list - so if you use > a lot them, this will not be helpful :-( > ... and using \lyricmarkup \markuplist {} is a lot to type ... > > But still, you might try it ;-) -------------------- > Eluze <elu...@gmail.com> wrote (Jun 2012 06:57:36): > you can use text-replacements, see NR 3.3.3 Special characters. ASCII > aliases > > it's described there how to add your own characters, e.g. > > \paper { > #(add-text-replacements! > '( > ("&lparen;" . "("))) > } > > I don't know if its really elegant!? -------------------- Many thanks Jan-Peter and Eluze. I think on balance that, unless and until a more simple solution appears, I might as well stick to "(word" for the time being. Cheers, Phil _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user