Just a thought. Nikolay, does it make sense to add the underlines after the
fact with a PDF editor? Or do you hav e hundreds of items to underline?
Cheers,
Mike
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Nikolay Kirov <nkki...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes,
> Reinhold explained more precisely the problem -
> I want to underline several syllables of several notes, but all in one
> go, i.e. the underline line should not be broken, but span several
> syllables.
> Unfortunately, it seems this is not possible in the current version of
> LilyPond.
>
> Thanks for answers,
> Nikolay
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer
> <reinh...@kainhofer.com> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2010, um 18:02:25 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> >> If you want a continuous line you should put the text inside "".
> >
> > I don't think that's what Nikolay actually wants. I think he wants the
> exact
> > opposite: He wants to underline several consecutive syllables (assigned
> to
> > several consecutive notes), without having to wrap each of the syllables
> in
> > \markup{\underline ...}.
> >
> > AFAICS, that's currently not possible in LilyPond, since the \underline
> > command does not set some font property, but rather explicitly constructs
> a
> > line with the extents of the given markup.
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Reinhold
> >
> > PS: Actually, re-reading his request again, I think what he really wants
> is to
> > underline several syllables of several notes, but all in one go, i.e. the
> > underline line should not be broken, but span several syllables.
> >
> > As each syllable is a markup on its own, this could only be properly
> > implemented by a spanner, so one would need to write a dedicated engraver
> for
> > underlined lyrics...
> >
> >
> >> Il giorno 30/dic/2010 11.55, "Nikolay Kirov" <nkki...@gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > I have a task to underline a part of the text in \addlyrics block.
> >> > I found
> >> > \addlyrics{ aa- \markup { \underline bb- } cc- dd }
> >> > and it works but underline only one item.
> >> > Repeating this pattern does not solve the task because I need a
> >> > continuous
> >>
> >> line.
> >>
> >> > The syntax
> >> > \addlyrics{ aa- \markup { \underline bb- cc- dd } ee }
> >> > does not work.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Nikolay
> >> >
> >> > --
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>
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