Hi, > > is it possible to do with lyrics what a HaraKiriStaff does with > > notes (that is, let it not take up any space where there is no [...] > I'm not certain exactly what you want -- could you send a short example? > (to the mail list, not just me personally. I didn't include lilypond-user > since this email has even less information content than normal. :)
OK, here it is - though the source is quite much the opposite of short (ok, it's not exactly long either, but normally I think of short as a little fewer lines :-), but I had no idea how to strip it down even further. When you render it, there should appear two lines of completely "empty lyrics" - that's the space I'd like to save. In the actual piece, there are three stanzas and five voices, some of which often share the same text, so there is quite a lot of space to save there. HTH, Cya, Florian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \include "paper16.ly"; VoiceOne = \notes \relative c' { \key d \major d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d \break | e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e } VoiceTwo = \notes \relative c' { \key d \major e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e \break | d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d | e8 e e e | d8 d d d } VoiceThree = \notes \relative c' { \key d \major fis8 fis fis fis | e8 e e e | fis8 fis fis fis | e8 e e e | fis8 fis fis fis \break | e8 e e e | fis8 fis fis fis | e8 e e e | fis8 fis fis fis | e8 e e e } LyricsOne = \lyrics { \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "1." _2 | _2 | _2 | _2 | _2 | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar } LyricsTwo = \lyrics { \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "2." foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | _2 | _2 | _2 | _2 | _2 } LyricsThree = \lyrics { \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "3." foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar | foo8 bar foo foo | bar8 foo foo bar } \score { \context ChoirStaff < \time 2/4 \context Voice = voiceOne \VoiceOne \context Lyrics = lyricsOne < \context LyricsVoice = "lyricsOne-1" \LyricsOne > \context Voice = voiceTwo \VoiceTwo \context Lyrics = lyricsTwo < \context LyricsVoice = "lyricsTwo-1" \LyricsTwo > \context Voice = voiceThree \VoiceThree \context Lyrics = lyricsThree < \context LyricsVoice = "lyricsThree-1" \LyricsThree > > } _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user