Hi Yann,

On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Yann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all :)
>
> I wanted to try again to find a solution to adapt the length of a
> lyric extender in order to take into account all voices in a SATB
> hymn, as I described sometimes ago in
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-11/msg00810.html
> and following messages.
>
> So I read some sections of the learning manual (about modifying
> properties and tweaking, which I still don't fully understand). Using
> the notation manual and internals reference, I found that lyric
> extenders are object of the kind "Lyrics.LyricExtender" . Am I correct
> till there ?
>
> Then, I have the following questions :
>
> -Is there a way to display (to console for example) the value of a
> given property ?
> I tried with #(Lyrics.LyricExtender.minimum-length) or \display
> Lyrics.LyricExtender.minimum-length but I don't know where to place
> such directive, should it be correct.
> -If I'm not mistaken, I should be able to modify the properties of a
> single object using for example \once \override
> Lyrics.LyricExtender.minimum-length, placed somewhere before the
> object I want to modify. Is it correct ?
> -If so, is there a way to get the property of a particular single object ?
>
> I've seen that there's a user settable property of the
> lyric-extender-interface called "next". How can I access this ? Could
> it be of some help for my current problem ?
>
> I'm sorry if my questions look somehow messy, and not rigorous (I may
> be confused between different concepts, such as properties,
> interfaces...)
>

It would be much easier to answer your questions if you post a minimal
example of what you want to do.

For example, there are several answers to

>>-Is there a way to display (to console for example) the value of a
>>given property ?

but I hesitate to write a treatise :)

--David
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