Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-24 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 24.04.2017 um 19:19 schrieb Urs Liska: Maybe we could revive the stalled lyric project? Janek did a lot of work breaking lyric issues down into manageable chunks. Where is this available? They are around a dozen issues, around #2450. I don’t know if the Lyrics project label made its way

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-24 Thread Urs Liska
Am 24. April 2017 18:50:47 MESZ schrieb David Nalesnik : >> > >This seems to me to be an extremely complex undertaking, involving a >rewrite of a lot of spacing code. I would vote to implement something >more modest, a simple adjustment of self-alignment-X, as per

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-24 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Abraham, > >> So, the real question is this: can we make LyricText.self-alignment-X >> dynamic instead of static? In other words, can we use a springs-like >> mechanism between LyricText syllables, but

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Abraham, > So, the real question is this: can we make LyricText.self-alignment-X dynamic > instead of static? In other words, can we use a springs-like mechanism > between LyricText syllables, but that are more flexible than the > springs-and-rods between NoteColumns? That way, the NoteColumns

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-24 Thread tisimst
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Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-23 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 23.04.2017 um 21:43 schrieb Noeck: Hi Simon, so far I used quite a few self-alignment tweaks (with a short-cut command). Your function looks helpful. Could you explain a bit what it does. IIUC the extreme cases are "centered" if there is only few space and "almost left aligned" if there is a

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-23 Thread Noeck
Hi Simon, so far I used quite a few self-alignment tweaks (with a short-cut command). Your function looks helpful. Could you explain a bit what it does. IIUC the extreme cases are "centered" if there is only few space and "almost left aligned" if there is a lot of space and in between you

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-23 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 23.04.2017 um 13:00 schrieb Johannes Roeßler: any ideas how to get a more even - ot lets say rhythmic - distribution of the notes with lyrics? To add to Kieren’s suggestions: – Obviously, fonts with an overall smaller width help. LilyPond’s default (Century Schoolbook) isn’t the best

Re: strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-23 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Johannes, > any ideas how to get a more even - ot lets say rhytmic - distribution of the > notes with lyrics? This is an ongoing frustration I have. (I *just* talked about this off-list with Abraham a few days ago!) > may be there is a way to get a little bit more even spacing? There are

strict notespacing with lyrics

2017-04-23 Thread Johannes Roeßler
Hi, any ideas how to get a more even - ot lets say rhytmic - distribution of the notes with lyrics? In this example I don't like the gap after the 4th quaver in the upper voice caused by the long syllable "Herrn" in the second voice. I know, it will become ugly for very long syllables - but