No, I hadn't found the lyricAlignment property.
I know about as much of Scheme as I do of Swahili ... which is to say very
little. However, the way I read the lyricAlignment property in
generic-property.scm is that it sets the default value for lyric alignment
... that is, the alignment of all lyrics. (I'm not at home, so I can't
actually try it to see what it does.) Although this is needed, it has
limitations:
1. Lyrics are aligned to the centre of the note head. Left-aligned lyrics
should be aligned to the left of the note head (or further left) and
right-aligned lyrics should be aligned to the right of the note head (or
further right).
2. It does not cater for lyric by lyric alignment. That is, first lyric of a
phrase left-aligned, last lyric of a phrase right aligned, other lyrics
centred.
This is what my patch attempts to address, so we can set songs like:
| | | | | | | | | | |
o o o o o o o o o o o
... camped by a bil - a - bong, un - der the shade of ...
... mounted on his thor - ough - bred, down came the troop - ers ...
^ ^
end of phrase right aligned ----------/ \------start of phrase left
aligned
Mudela code to do this:
lyricRight = \property Lyrics . alignLyric = \right
(lyrics) ... by a bil -- a -- \lyricRight bong, un -- der ...
... his thor -- ough -- \lyricRight bred, down came ...
It's really only an issue for multi-stanza songs. For a single line of
words, having all the lyrics centred under their note is fine.
Please let me know if what I have done really duplicates functionality
already there. I searched for it but couldn't find it. I'm still getting the
hang of how Lilypond hangs together.
Glen
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> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 July 2000 5:42
> To: Glen Prideaux
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> Subject: Lilypond lyrics alignment
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> [something went wrong with your attachment, but I got it]
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> Did you look at the lyricAlignment property? (see
> generic-property.scm)
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