> 3) When writing a song with lyrics, for instance a Christmas carol,
> there a alot of additional verses. I read "7.3.9.4 Printing stanzas at
> the end" on
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page#Vocal-music,
>
> but that a) seems cumbersome
I'll bet if someone with enough scheme is interested they could make an easier
way that would arrange any number or length of verses nicely.
>b) doesn't seem to allow spacing between
Here's what I've done for columns and spacing. I think I got from Geoff
Horton's tips page. The trick is that the space goes on the outside of
the verses, to push them together, since \fill-line pushes elements to
the extremes of the line. Another horizontal line is another
\markup\fill-line{} block, so you have to arrange your "columns"
accordingly. And once you have more rows than I have here you might
also need an \hspace between the column elements to keep things even.
\markup \fill-line {
\hspace #1 %to keep the verse from going flush-left
\line { "2. "
\column { "A land of deepest shade,"
" Unpierced by human thought;"
"The dreary regions of the dead,"
" Where all things are forgot!"
}
}
% you might want \hspace here,too if you have more rows.
\line{ "3. "
\column { "Soon as from earth I go,"
" What will become of me?"
"Eternal happiness or woe"
" Must then my portion be."
}
}
\hspace #1 %to keep the verse from going flush-right
}
\markup { " " } % vertical space between verses.
%There are an odd number of extra verses, so this one's centered
\markup \fill-line {
\line { "4. "
\column { "Waked by the trumpet sound"
" I from my grave shall rise;"
"And see the Judge with glory crowned"
" And see the flaming skies!"
}
}
}
> If the lines are too long it should be printed like this (centered):
>
> 2. this is verse two
> with a looong line
>
> 3. this is verse three
> with a looong line
See verse 4 above, and just keep adding \line{\column blocks.
Or maybe even without the \line{ ... ??
As long as it's inside \fill-line, it will be centered.
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