Hi Klaus,

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Klaus Föhl <klaus.fo...@uni-giessen.de>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Recently I was talking with a person who also prepares music editions.
> We were sitting there later in the night over a beer or two, and then
> to illustrate a point I first had to fetch a choral piece on paper
> set in lilypond and then also to resort to the laptop.
>
> On paper: lyrics syllables spacing within one word was causing irritation.
> From my old 2.12.3 I still run I know syllables do not have a magnetic
> snap property. If they are the minimum distance apart, a hyphen appears.
> An unclosed smaller than that gap without hyphen was deemed irritating.
> Me suggesting the magnetic snap, my counterpart suggesting
> as an alternative being able to force hyphens even in tight spacing.
> Reading the 2.18.2 documentation, no word there
> neither of magnetic snapping nor of forced hyphenisation.
>

The question of "magnetic snapping" has come up.

You might be interested in the following thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2013-12/msg00425.html

This thread went private after a time, and I proposed the attached
solution.  Mike S. had suggested the use of a new grob to collect
syllables, and this is what I did.  The new grob is called "LyricWord," and
it groups syllables and hyphens.  Collecting grobs like this allows for
fairly easy manipulation.  The file contains some *bonus* functions which
illustrate stuff you can with the new LyricWord grobs.

Hopefully, the examples in the file illustrate the usage well enough.  One
thing deserves comment: if the distance between syllables is greater than
"threshold," no compression happens.

The examples in the files are a little...odd.  The intent here was to show
that this would work will all sorts of modifications to the appearance of
the markups.

Anyway, hope this helps!

--David

P.S.  Noticed something interesting.  Originally after \lyricsto "foo" in
the example file, there was a \lyricsmode.  To get this to run with 2.19.3,
I had to take this \lyricsmode out.  So, depending on your version, you may
need to put it back in?  Not sure.
\version "2.18.0"

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ADD NEW GROB INTERFACE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(ly:add-interface
  'lyric-word-interface
  "A word of lyrics. Includes syllables and hyphens."
  '(text-items))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CREATE NEW GROB PROPERTY %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(define (define-grob-property symbol type? description)
   (if (not (equal? (object-property symbol 'backend-doc) #f))
       (ly:error (_ "symbol ~S redefined") symbol))
   
   (set-object-property! symbol 'backend-type? type?)
   (set-object-property! symbol 'backend-doc description)
   symbol)

#(map
  (lambda (x)
    (apply define-grob-property x))
  
  `(
    (text-items ,list? "Syllables and hyphens of a word of lyrics")))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ADD DEFINITION OF GROB %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(define (add-grob-definition grob-name grob-entry)
   (let* ((meta-entry   (assoc-get 'meta grob-entry))
          (class        (assoc-get 'class meta-entry))
          (ifaces-entry (assoc-get 'interfaces meta-entry)))
     (set-object-property! grob-name 'translation-type? list?)
     (set-object-property! grob-name 'is-grob? #t)
     (set! ifaces-entry (append (case class
                                  ((Item) '(item-interface))
                                  ((Spanner) '(spanner-interface))
                                  ((Paper_column) '((item-interface
                                                     paper-column-interface)))
                                  ((System) '((system-interface
                                               spanner-interface)))
                                  (else '(unknown-interface)))
                          ifaces-entry))
     (set! ifaces-entry (uniq-list (sort ifaces-entry symbol<?)))
     (set! ifaces-entry (cons 'grob-interface ifaces-entry))
     (set! meta-entry (assoc-set! meta-entry 'name grob-name))
     (set! meta-entry (assoc-set! meta-entry 'interfaces
                        ifaces-entry))
     (set! grob-entry (assoc-set! grob-entry 'meta meta-entry))
     (set! all-grob-descriptions
           (cons (cons grob-name grob-entry)
             all-grob-descriptions))))

#(add-grob-definition
  'LyricWord
  `(;(stencil . ,ly:lyric-word::print)
    (meta . ((class . Spanner)
             (interfaces . (lyric-hyphen-interface
                            lyric-word-interface
                            text-interface))))))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(define (add-bound-item spanner item)
   (if (null? (ly:spanner-bound spanner LEFT))
       (ly:spanner-set-bound! spanner LEFT item)
       (ly:spanner-set-bound! spanner RIGHT item)))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ENGRAVER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
collectlyricwordEngraver =
% Collect lyric syllables and hyphens into words. (LyricExtender?)
% The bounds of a LyricWord should be LyricText grobs, when available.
% When a LyricWord consists of a single syllable, the left and right bounds
% should be the same grob.
% When a spanner is broken, the ends not attached to LyricText grobs should
% attach to NonMusicalPaperColumn, as with any spanner.
#(lambda (context)
   (let ((word-bits '()) ; holds syllables and hyphens
         (word '()) ; LyricWord grob we're building
         (collect #f)) ; signal to end word and begin another
     (make-engraver
      
      (acknowledgers
       ((lyric-syllable-interface engraver grob source-engraver)
        (set! collect #t)
        (set! word-bits (append word-bits (list grob)))
        (if (ly:grob? word)
            (add-bound-item word grob)))
       ((lyric-hyphen-interface engraver grob source-engraver)
        (let* ((props (ly:grob-basic-properties grob))
               (meta (assoc-get 'meta props))
               (name (assoc-get 'name meta)))
          ; don't collect LyricSpace
          ; use it as our signal to end o word/start a new one
          (if (eq? name 'LyricSpace)
              (set! collect #f)
              (set! word-bits (append word-bits (list grob)))))))
      
      ((process-music trans)
       (if (and collect (pair? word-bits))
           (begin
            (if (not (ly:grob? word))
                (set! word (ly:engraver-make-grob trans 'LyricWord '())))
            ; car should always be a LyricText grob, but maybe a check is in order
            (add-bound-item word (car word-bits))
            (for-each
             (lambda (x)
               (ly:pointer-group-interface::add-grob word 'text-items x))
             word-bits)))
       
       (if (not collect)
           (begin
            (if (ly:grob? word)
                (begin 
                 (if (pair? word-bits)
                     (begin
                      (for-each
                       (lambda (x)
                         (ly:pointer-group-interface::add-grob word 'text-items x))
                       word-bits)
                      (if (null? (ly:spanner-bound word RIGHT))
                          (ly:spanner-set-bound!
                           word RIGHT
                           (car word-bits)))))
                 (set! word (ly:engraver-make-grob trans 'LyricWord '()))
                 (set! collect #t)))    
            
            (if (not (ly:grob? word)) 
                (begin
                 (set! word (ly:engraver-make-grob trans 'LyricWord '()))
                 (if (pair? word-bits)
                     (begin
                      (ly:spanner-set-bound! word LEFT (car word-bits))
                      (for-each
                       (lambda (x)
                         (ly:pointer-group-interface::add-grob word 'text-items x))
                       word-bits)
                      (if (null? (ly:spanner-bound word RIGHT))
                          (ly:spanner-set-bound! word RIGHT (car word-bits)))))
                 (set! word '())))))
       
       (set! word-bits '())))))

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(define (compress-pair syl-a hyphen syl-b threshold)
   (let* ((hyphen-sten (ly:lyric-hyphen::print hyphen))
          (hyphen-ex
           (if (ly:stencil? hyphen-sten)
               (ly:stencil-extent hyphen-sten X)
               (cons (/ threshold -2) (/ threshold 2)))))
     (if (> (interval-length hyphen-ex) threshold)
         '() ; no compression--DO NOTHING!
         
         (let* 
          ((syl-a-text (ly:grob-property syl-a 'text))
           (syl-a-text (if (markup? syl-a-text) syl-a-text (markup syl-a-text)))
           (syl-b-text (ly:grob-property syl-b 'text))
           (syl-b-text (if (markup? syl-b-text) syl-b-text (markup syl-b-text)))
           (full-text (make-concat-markup (list syl-a-text syl-b-text))))
          
          (set! (ly:grob-property syl-a 'text) full-text)
          (set! (ly:grob-property syl-b 'text) empty-markup)
          (set! (ly:grob-property syl-a 'stencil) lyric-text::print)
          (set! (ly:grob-property syl-b 'stencil) lyric-text::print)
          (set! (ly:grob-property hyphen 'stencil) empty-stencil))))) 

#(define (lyric-word-compressor threshold)
   (lambda (grob) ; LyricWord
     (let* ((items (ly:grob-object grob 'text-items))
            (item-list (ly:grob-array->list items)))
       (if (> (length item-list) 1) ; do nothing to monosyllabic words
           (let* ((text-grobs
                   (filter
                    (lambda (item)
                      (grob::has-interface item 'lyric-syllable-interface))
                    item-list))
                  (hyphen-grobs
                   (filter
                    (lambda (item)
                      (grob::has-interface item 'lyric-hyphen-interface))
                    item-list)))    
             
             (define (helper seed tx-list hy-list)
               (if (and (pair? (cdr tx-list))
                        (pair? hy-list))
                   (let ((next-syl (cadr tx-list))
                         (hyphen (car hy-list)))
                     (compress-pair seed hyphen next-syl threshold)
                     (if (equal? empty-markup (ly:grob-property next-syl 'text))
                         (helper seed (cdr tx-list) (cdr hy-list))
                         (helper (cadr tx-list) (cdr tx-list) (cdr hy-list))))))
             
             (helper (car text-grobs) text-grobs hyphen-grobs))))))
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% EXAMPLE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

#(define (dim-hack grob ax)
  (let* ((elts (ly:grob-object grob 'text-items))
         (common (ly:grob-common-refpoint-of-array grob elts ax))
         (rel (ly:relative-group-extent elts common ax))
         (off (ly:grob-relative-coordinate grob common ax)))
    (coord-translate rel (- off))))

#(define (height-hack grob)
  (dim-hack grob Y))

#(define (width-hack grob)
  (dim-hack grob X))

#(define (ly:lyric-word::underline grob)
   (let* ((height (height-hack grob))
          (width (width-hack grob)))
     
     (make-line-stencil 0.1 (car width) 0 (cdr width) 0)))

#(define (ly:lyric-word::boxer grob)
   (let* ((yext (height-hack grob))
          (xext (width-hack grob))
          (thick 0.1))

    (ly:stencil-add
     (make-filled-box-stencil xext (cons (- (car yext) thick) (car yext)))
     (make-filled-box-stencil xext (cons (cdr yext) (+ (cdr yext) thick)))
     (make-filled-box-stencil (cons (cdr xext) (+ (cdr xext) thick)) yext)
     (make-filled-box-stencil (cons (- (car xext) thick) (car xext)) yext))))

wordunderline = \once \override LyricWord.stencil = #ly:lyric-word::underline
wordbox = \once \override LyricWord.stencil = #ly:lyric-word::boxer

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% EXAMPLES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

<<
  \new Voice = "foo" \relative c' {
    \repeat unfold 16 { a8 b a2 a8 b }
  }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "foo" {
    \override Lyrics.LyricWord.after-line-breaking = #(lyric-word-compressor 0)
    \override Lyrics.LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #0
    \override Lyrics.LyricSpace.minimum-distance = #1
    \repeat unfold 10 { foo }
    \repeat unfold 10 { foo -- \markup \caps bar }
    \repeat unfold 10 { \markup \bold syl -- la -- ble }
    a \markup \with-color #red ran -- \markup \box dom string of mo -- no -- syl -- la -- bic
    and mul -- ti -- \markup \fontsize #5 syl -- la -- bic
    \markup \bold \underline ver -- \markup \italic bi -- age
    \markup {
      \stencil #(make-circle-stencil 0.5 0 #f)
    }
  }
>>

<<
  \new Voice = "foo" \relative c' {
    \repeat unfold 16 { a8 b a2 a8 b }
  }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "foo" {
    \override Lyrics.LyricWord.after-line-breaking = #(lyric-word-compressor 0.4)
    \override Lyrics.LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #0
    \override Lyrics.LyricSpace.minimum-distance = #1
    \repeat unfold 10 { foo }
    \repeat unfold 10 { foo -- \markup \caps bar }
    \repeat unfold 10 { \markup \bold syl -- la -- ble }
    a ran -- \markup \box dom string of
    \wordunderline mo -- no -- syl -- \markup \underline la -- bic
    and \wordbox mul -- ti -- \markup \fontsize #5 syl -- la -- \markup \box bic
    \wordunderline ver -- \markup \italic bi -- age
    \markup {
      \stencil #(make-circle-stencil 0.5 0 #f)
    }
  }
>>

\layout {
  ragged-last = ##t
  \context {
    \Global
    \grobdescriptions #all-grob-descriptions
  }
  \context {
    \Lyrics
    \consists \collectlyricwordEngraver
  }
}
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