Hi William, I was a little concerned because I see that the documentation is for version 2.25, the development branch, and I am on 2.22, which is the default on the version of Ubuntu I am using. However, I tried the example and it worked perfectly. Thanks.
Regards, Joe On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 02:20, William Rehwinkel < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Joe, > > Try this: > > \version "2.25.28" > > \relative c'' { > c32 c c c > c32 c c c > c32 c c c > c32 c c c > } > \addlyrics { > syl -- lab word word > \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #1.0 > syl -- lab word word > \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #2.0 > syl -- lab word word > \revert LyricHyphen.minimum-distance > syl -- lab word word > } > > see > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/snippets/vocal-music-_002d-forcing-hyphens-to-be-shown > > Thanks, is this what you were hoping for? > > On 11/28/25 6:30 PM, Joseph Haig wrote: > > Please excuse a question that is probably simple but I cannot find an > > answer to. What is the correct way to include a real hyphen in lyrics? > > That is to say, a hyphenated word in the lyrics that should be typeset > > with a hyphen even when the parts are close enough to not need spacing > > between syllables. The word I am looking at is 'earth-bound'. If I use; > > > > \lyricmode { earth -- bound } > > > > then the hyphen could disappear. At the moment I have > > > > \lyricmode { "earth -" bound } > > > > and it works because, as I have found by experimenting, the two > > syllables are approximately the same length. If they were more > > imbalanced (eg 'T-shirt') then the spacing is wrong. > > > > Regards, > > > > Joe > >
