Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Dan Eble
On Feb 17, 2016, at 18:17 , David Kastrup wrote: > > I think the main problem we should aim to solve is that the occasional > user just does not remember what's what. __ is a lyric extender, -- is > a lyric hyphen, _ is a non-syllable-separating space, - is a normal > dash, ~ is

(OT) Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 17.02.2016 23:22, Noeck wrote: I think many of you know the fun you can have with backslashes and escaping (as inhttp://xkcd.org/1638/). Funny site :-) Also see that one: – particularly applies to Schemers… Best, Simon

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread David Kastrup
Noeck writes: > Hi Simon, > >> You should have come back to the entire quote: ‘And I think the double >> items suit the advanced functionality better (advanced in comparison to >> printing a hyphen character from a font).’ I didn’t mean ‘advanced’ in >> the sense of ‘only

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Noeck
Hi Simon, > You should have come back to the entire quote: ‘And I think the double > items suit the advanced functionality better (advanced in comparison to > printing a hyphen character from a font).’ I didn’t mean ‘advanced’ in > the sense of ‘only for advanced users’ or ‘rare’. I know. I'm

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 17.02.2016 23:22, Noeck wrote: Or to come back to the quote I started with: IMHO a lyric hyphen is not advanced. You should have come back to the entire quote: ‘And I think the double items suit the advanced functionality better (advanced in comparison to printing a hyphen character from

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Noeck
Hi, Am 17.02.2016 um 17:54 schrieb Simon Albrecht: > And I think the double items suit the advanced functionality better I thought about this when Dan wrote his first mail, but I wanted to keep my comment short. I think many of you know the fun you can have with backslashes and escaping (as in

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 17.02.2016 18:24, tisimst wrote: On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Simon Albrecht-2 [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n187386...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: On 17.02.2016 18:02, tisimst wrote: I've always wondered why the LyricHyphen doesn't actually use the hyphen from the LyricText font rather

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread tisimst
what I meant, if that wasn't clear. - Abraham -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/hyphen-syntax-tp187210p187389.html Sent from the Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 17.02.2016 18:02, tisimst wrote: I've always wondered why the LyricHyphen doesn't actually use the hyphen from the LyricText font rather than a dashed line. I realize that doing that would reduce the customizability of the dash (i.e., length, thickness, dash-period, etc.), but it might it

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread David Kastrup
Simon Albrecht writes: > On 17.02.2016 15:58, David Kastrup wrote: >> Dan Eble writes: >> >>On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles >> Malahieude wrote: >> >>Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit : > >>>Are

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread tisimst
rom a font). > Funny you should mention that because I've always wondered why the LyricHyphen doesn't actually use the hyphen from the LyricText font rather than a dashed line. I realize that doing that would reduce the customizability of the d

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 17.02.2016 15:58, David Kastrup wrote: Dan Eble writes: >>On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: >> >>Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit : >>>Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen >>>to hyphenate

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread David Kastrup
Dan Eble writes: >> On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude >> wrote: >> >> Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit : >>> Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen >>> to hyphenate lyrics? Why not just one? >>> >> >>

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Dan Eble
> On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: > > Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit : >> Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen >> to hyphenate lyrics? Why not just one? >> > > Technically, I don't know. But, in terms of

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-17 Thread Jean-Charles Malahieude
Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit : Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen to hyphenate lyrics? Why not just one? Technically, I don't know. But, in terms of coherence, I would leave it as it is: one hyphen is treated as one syllable, just like one

Re: hyphen syntax

2016-02-14 Thread Noeck
Hi Dan, Am 14.02.2016 um 20:41 schrieb Dan Eble: > Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen to > hyphenate lyrics? Why not just one? Because this way, a single hyphen keeps its function as an ordinary character and a double-hyphen is not a really used/required item,

hyphen syntax

2016-02-14 Thread Dan Eble
Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen to hyphenate lyrics? Why not just one? Regards, — Dan ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel