>>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy S Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Timothy> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>> > Whine, beg, can we please have each block of lyrics centred
>> under the > note they go with, instead of left-aligned under
>> them?
>>
>> This should be configurable (as it used to be in some early early
>> version). If you have a song with several verses, I'm sure you
>> want the words left aligned, not centered. At least, that's what
>> I've seen in printed music.
Timothy> I suspect I didn't make myself clear -- at the moment,
Timothy> I'm not worried about alignment of words with other words,
Timothy> I just want each block of words centered under the note
Timothy> they go with, rather than having the note left aligned.
Timothy> While we're at it, if a group of notes are beamed or
Timothy> slurred, it would be nice to center the lyrics-block
Timothy> (ie. syllables that go with that note) under the center of
Timothy> the slur, rather than left-aligned with the first note in
Timothy> the slur. Then again, with a very long slur, it *does*
Timothy> need to be left-aligned, so maybe this second one should
Timothy> just be one for the TODO file.
It looks -- from the scores I have -- that the rule is to left align
if there's a tie or slur, and center otherwise.
--
Laurent Martelli
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