On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Paul <p...@paulwmorris.com> wrote: > Hi Knut, Werner, Alexander, and everyone, > > On 12/20/2016 08:47 AM, Knut Petersen wrote: > >> Hi Werner! >> >>> (length-limit-or-forced-length ,ly:dimension? "An automatically >>>> generated lyric extender is suppressed if it would be shorter than >>>> this length. A forced lyric extender is given this length if >>>> possible.") >>>> >>> Sorry, but I strongly dislike collapsing two properties into one, even >>> if the values for the two properties are always the same. So please >>> use `collapse-length' (`suppress-threshold', etc.) and >>> `forced-length'. >>> >> >> I'll implement whatever the majority agrees upon. >> >> Nevertheless: two parameters would obfuscate the fact that >> the internal logic would always decide to use only one of those >> lengths and to ignore the other. >> >> For the case of two parameters I like best: >> >> (forced-length ,ly:dimension? "A forced lyric extender >> is given this length if possible.") >> (collapse-length ,ly:dimension? "An automatically generated >> lyric extender is suppressed if it would be shorter than >> this length.") >> >> Paul? >> > > I'm fine with using two properties, as Werner prefers, and as in this > suggestion from Knut. > > When I suggested using fewer properties I didn't fully understand all the > details. (The music I typeset rarely involves lyric extenders.) > Alexander's explanation and further discussions have helped me get it, but > I hadn't had a chance to reply sooner. > > Thanks again for working on this, >
Yes, thanks for making this possible! It will be a great addition. One question I have about having the two properties is how will the two be reconciled in actual use? In other words, if collapse-length is larger than forced-length, will there still be the same amount of space between syllables even without the extender (to the amount of forced-length)? Maybe the question I really have is this: what does "given this length _if possible_" mean and what governs this possibility? I can totally understand how they work individually, I'm just trying to understand how I can use them well together since it seems that forced-length contradicts collapse-length. Thanks, Abraham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
