Thanks for the response. Simon! I hadn't noticed that lyric property
before. I'll pass that along to the OP in the FB group.
Best,
Abraham
On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 5:42 AM Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de>
wrote:
> Hi Abraham,
>
> On 07.07.23 16:36, Abraham Lee wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > This came up on the FB group and I determined that the problem is the
> > presence of the \acciaccatura. In the following passage, the
> > LyricExtender somehow misses the signal to end before the grace note
> > appears, forming a continuous line from "bad" to "ex" instead of
> > stopping near the "c2.". Is there any workaround that can fix this
> > while keeping the grace note?
>
> I think desired behaviour should be that the engraver terminates the
> extender before the grace note, however it’s understandable that it
> doesn’t, since grace notes are traditionally ignored for lyrics
> typesetting. There is a context property to change that, though, and
> then you can tweak (with some acrobatics) the alignment of the following
> syllable, or maybe insert a PhrasingSlur/quit considering slurs for
> melismata instead.
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.25.5"
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \Lyrics
> includeGraceNotes = ##t
> }
> }
>
> selfAl = #(define-music-function (n) (number?)
> #{
> \once\override LyricText.self-alignment-X = $n
> #})
> selfAlForce =
> #(define-music-function (n) (number?)
> (let ((aligner (lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob
> 'self-alignment-X n))))
> #{
> \once\override LyricText.before-line-breaking = $aligner
> #}))
>
> \new Voice \relative c' {
> \time 3/4
> g'4 a8 b c4 ~ |
> c2. |
> \acciaccatura g8 d'4 e4 c4 |
> }
> \addlyrics {
> This is a bad __ \selfAlForce #-3.3 ex -- ten -- der.
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Note that \version "2.25" now generates an error message.
>
> Best, Simon
>
