Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> I think usually this is just user sloppiness. In this case, i think >>> it would be good if Lily was smart enough to fix this sloppiness as >>> long as the fix isn't complicated (it isn't). If the user really >>> wants left-aligned unattached lyrics, he can use overrides above. >>> An example where using unattached Lyrics makes sense and yet they >>> should be centered: entering lyrics for two similar, but not exactly >>> rhythmically identical voices: >> >> Like with \relative and similar aids I am of the opinion that the >> "helpfulness" of rerhythming lyrics should be strictly optional. >> Indeed, generating lyrics from Midi (or similar) or entering them >> without wracking one's brain about the proper melismatic arrangement >> of the melody line should be perfectly feasible. > > Do you say this in general, or are you referring to the example i > posted? I don't quite see how should i interpret your words.
Just like they are written. I was not referring to examples. >> I know that I prefer entering lyrics with durations over fiddling >> with \melismata commands, beaming, differences between phrasing slurs >> and proper slurs and what not. As with absolute note entry, I think >> the way in which our documentation tries keeping the more basic and >> reliable tools unknown to the user is overdone. > > Do you mean that we should recommend/give more attention in docs to > entering lyrics with explicit durations? "more"? I don't think we even mention that possibility at all. >> At any rate, I am quite in favor of \addlyrics and similar _only_ >> affecting the rhythm of the lyrics and not other aspects of their >> typesetting. > > Could you be more specific as to what you wouldn't like \addlyrics to > do? Anything else except changing the rhythm of the lyrics. Aligning lyrics at a point of time to notecolumns at the same point of time should not require associating voices. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
